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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITED STATES
Comprehensive Approach Needed To Help
Control Prescription Drug Abuse
The abuse of prescription drugs--most of which are
obtained at the retail level--results in more injuries
and deaths to Americans than all illegal drugs com-
bined.
A comprehensive approach using law enforcement,
regulation, education, and professional peer pres-
sure is the best hope for controlling these drugs. This
approach requires commitment by medical and
pharmaceutical associations, State and local govern-
ments, and the Federal Government. Recent actions
ly the American Medical Association to implement
his approach are steps in the right direction.
' he Drug Enforcement Administration can contrib-
te to the success of the comprehensive approach by
ncreasing information to the States on areas of drug
buse and potential drug sources and effectively tar-
]eting high-level traffickers appropriate for Federal
nvestigation. DEA also needs to increase the annual
Iees charged persons and firms who prescribe or
andle prescription drugs and are required by law to
e registered.
DEA agreed with the thrust of this report and stated
that implementation of GAO's recommendations is a
step in the right direction in dealing with the prescrip-
tion drug abuse problem.
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GAO/GGD-83-2
OCTOBER 29, 1982
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