Kentucky Officials to Study Impact of Prescription Drug Abuse Laws

The Cabinet for Health and Family Services in Kentucky is launching a year-long study to find out whether the state's new laws that aim at reducing prescription drug abuse are helping do so, according to a Courier-Journal report.

Researchers will survey doctors, dentists and other prescribers and interview licensing boards as well as analyze data from the prescription drug monitoring program. They will also study if the laws have had any unintended consequences on patients who need prescription drugs.

The cabinet is contracting with the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy's Institute for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in Lexington on the research. The research is scheduled to begin on July 1 and be completed by June 30, 2014, according to the report.

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