Calling addiction to opiates and similar drugs “a scourge,” Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday approved legislation that seeks to make better use of a state-sponsored prescription monitoring program to fight “doctor-shopping” by addicts.
The bill (HB 2730) makes it easier for physicians and others prescribing drugs to get information about whether a patient has previously been prescribed so-called “opioid” drugs such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.