{"id":14749,"date":"2019-08-09T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T22:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14749"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:26","slug":"the-line-monitoring-prescription-pain-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-monitoring-prescription-pain-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Monitoring Prescription Pain Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_DYOKuXE_uQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>August 9, 2019 \u2013 Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists examine the disproportionately high rate of opioids dispensed by one drugstore in Espa\u00f1ola from 2006 to 2012.\u00a0 Opioid prescription rates have dropped since then, but The Line questions whether red flags should have been raised sooner, the state\u2019s efforts to control prescription pain medicine, and whether someone should ultimately be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<\/strong><br \/>\nLonna Atkeson, UNM Political Science professor<br \/>\nEric Griego, former NM state senator<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<br \/>\nKristelle Siarza, CEO, Siarza Social Digital<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/health_and_science\/espa-ola-walgreens-pegged-at-center-of-new-mexico-s\/article_2d5ec09b-1186-5cf7-8ef3-003ffadefd85.html#utm_source=santafenewmexican.com&amp;utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fyour-morning-headlines%2F%3F123%26-dc%3D1565002813&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headline\">Espa\u00f1ola Walgreens pegged at center of New Mexico\u2019s opioid epidemic<\/a> \u2013 <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nmhealth.org\/publication\/view\/marketing\/2118\/\">Prescription Monitoring Program<\/a> \u2013 New Mexico Board of Pharmacy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2019\/investigations\/dea-pain-pill-database\/\">Drilling into the DEA\u2019s pain pill database<\/a>\u00a0 \u2013 <em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2019 \u2013 Gene Grant and The Line opinion panelists examine the disproportionately high rate of opioids dispensed by one drugstore in Espa\u00f1ola from 2006 to 2012.\u00a0 Opioid prescription rates have dropped since then, but The Line questions whether red flags should have been raised sooner, the state\u2019s efforts to control prescription pain medicine,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[2398,3420,3415,666,3419,3416,3417,3418,3421,3422,1076,462,3414],"class_list":["post-14749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-doctors","tag-drug-lobby","tag-drugstores","tag-espanola","tag-over-prescribing","tag-pharmaceutical","tag-pharmaceutical-companies","tag-physicians","tag-prescription-drug-abuse","tag-prescription-monitoring","tag-rio-arriba","tag-rio-arriba-county","tag-walgreens"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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