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National Drug Control Strategy 2013

Policy Focus: Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse

The Administration’s approach to reducing prescription drug abuse contains four main elements: educat­ing prescribers, parents, and patients; increasing the number of prescription drug monitoring programs and improving their effectiveness; encouraging and providing for the proper disposal of prescription drugs; and increasing enforcement against illicit pill mills, prescribing that is not in keeping with standard medical practices, and doctor shopping. (s. 47)

The Administration has established a bold five-year goal–a 15 percent reduction in non-medical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutic drugs in the past year among people 12 years of age and older. Accomplishing this goal will take the cooperation of Federal agencies, state and local government, parents, prescribers, and patients. (s. 50)