F.D.A. Urging a Tighter Rein on Painkillers - Victor Ragsdale - 4th Period

F.D.A. Urging a Tighter Rein on Painkillers - Victor Ragsdale

           The Food and Drug Administration is recommending tighter controls on prescribed drugs as a result of the increasing amount of overdoses on prescribed drugs. The abuse of prescription drugs has quadrupled since 1999, and the loose rules for governing them are likely for the ever-increasing abuse. The problem is how to determine how tight controls of certain drugs should be, for some drugs are not as effective as others. 

          This article was published to raise awareness of substance abuse (specifically prescribed substance abuse), and hopefully receive a significant uproar in the pharmaceutical consumer audience. 

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/business/fda-seeks-tighter-control-on-prescriptions-for-class-of-painkillers.html?emc=edit_na_20131024