Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Promising Practices in Need of Refinement

All 50 states and the District of Columbia have prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), but their implementation varies and research assessing their effect on opioid misuse, diversion, and overdose is sparse. Thus, the systematic review by Fink and colleagues is a welcome contribution. The editorialists discuss the review, the challenge of assessing PDMP effectiveness, and the reason PDMPs should be viewed as 1 component of a complex strategy to address the opioid crisis.

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