prescription drug monitoring program

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — House budgeters and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' administration are clashing over money for a new program Greitens created to…

City Council decided in a unanimous vote on Monday to join a handful of cites across Missouri to track prescription drugs. A database of prescriptions…

Columbia will establish a prescription drug monitoring program, joining an existing database in St. Louis County, in an effort to address drug-related…

Missouri lawmakers took steps this year to address the growing number of drug overdoses, but health care advocates say more work remains.The Legislature…

Missouri’s failure to set up a statewide prescription drug monitoring program during the 2016 legislative session will continue to affect other states.…

At Richard Logan’s pharmacy in Charleston, Missouri, prescription opioid painkillers are locked away in a cabinet. Missouri law requires pharmacies to...

Richard Logan’s pharmacy has been on the same street in Charleston, Missouri, for 40 years. Picture rows of wrist wraps, antacids and the like in front of…

The Missouri House has passed legislation to create a prescription drug monitoring program.Representatives voted 87-66 Thursday to approve the proposal…

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:Missouri House Approves Prescription Monitoring ProgramLawmaker Proposes Review of University of…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House members have given initial approval to a prescription drug monitoring program.Lawmakers debated the legislation…