As a practicing physician, I can assure you, nothing could be further from the truth.
I'm pleased that Chairman Isakson has chosen to have another hearing on this important topic.
Thank you, Senator Isakson. First of all, thank you, Dr. Clancy, for acknowledging the value of a good lawyer.
In some States, 20 of them...
This is a problem that requires the attention of policymakers from the local to the Federal levels.
Prescription drug overdose has become an epidemic in this country.
I led a hearing on Prescription Drug Abuse as Attorney General of the state of Connecticut over a decade ago.
Even the most, I think, permissive of recommendations would say they are well due for revision in 2015, 5 years later.
I understand there are privacy concerns.
Providing them with responsible pain treatment is one of our obligations and it ought to be responsible.
VA providers can now access the State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), it is not compulsory that they do so?
The relationship and the coordination with the Department of Defense is an entirely other area that I was going to pursu...
This is a new system that will be going nationwide as of June?
Plain and simple, the current system is abysmally inadequate. It is like Swiss cheese, riddled with gaps and holes that ...
Veterans deserve to have the best systems in place for drug delivery as well as information on all options available to ...
There have been both civil and criminal prosecutions resulting from the excellent work done by your program.
Thank you. Unfortunately, my time has expired and since Senator Isakson is here and since he is the Chairman, I am going...
Just for the record, your reference to my office was to the Office of Attorney General in the settlement that was done w...
