Gov. Steve Beshear announced the formation of an interstate task force with the three other states.
He said his state’s prescription drug task force has had great success tracking down dealers, overprescribing physicians and illegal Internet pharmacies, but now the task force must address the problem of pills flowing into Kentucky from other states.
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