Saturday, March 23, 2013

Police in Vermont Can Peek at Your Prescriptions

This is liberal, left-wing Vermont, right?

"Vt. public safety chief wants warrantless access to prescription database" Associated Press, March 23, 2013

Vermont’s public safety commissioner said he will be back next year looking for warrantless police access to a state Health Department database of prescriptions written by Vermont doctors. Commissioner Keith Flynn said he had hoped to include the measure in a wide-ranging bill passed by the House Friday to stem drug abuse and reduce overdose deaths. The bill expands a state prescription drug database designed to keep patients from getting narcotic drugs from multiple doctors. It contains new ‘‘good Samaritan’’ language that allows someone to call for help about a friend who is overdosing without risking prosecution for drug crimes."

Somehow I think we are fighting the wrong drug war, folks.