The Florida surgeon general has temporarily suspended a requirement in the state's new pill mill law that physicians use new counterfeit-proof prescription pads, according to a report by the Miami Herald.
Many physicians have not been able to get the new prescription pads, prompting pharmacies to refuse their prescriptions during several days after the new law took effect.
The Florida law, aimed at the state's pill mills, also provides penalties for physicians who overprescribe painkillers, tightens rules for operating pharmacies and includes a prescription drug monitoring database.
Read the Miami Herald report on the Florida pill mill law.
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