ACLU Calls for Blocking PDMP Discovery in Criminal Cases

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe American Civil Liberties Union of Florida on Tuesday called for state regulators to block the disclosure of prescription drug-monitoring program data as part of criminal discovery proceedings and to limit the types of PDMP queries that can be submitted by law enforcement agencies.The Florida Department of Health held its second rules workshop in Tallahassee on Tuesday following disclosure last May that the prescription records of 3,300 Volusia County, Fla., residents had been turned over to defense attorneys representing six defendants in a prescrip...