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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
National
Tynan Stewart

Missouri remains only state without a program to track opioid prescriptions

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. _ Legislation to create a prescription drug monitoring program died Friday in the Senate, leaving Missouri as the only state in the U.S. without a program to track opioid prescriptions.

While the Senate previously approved a version of the program in March, some Republicans who fought the plan in past years continued their vocal opposition on Friday.

GOP Sen. Bill Eigel attacked the House for playing "political games" with the legislation.

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