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Aug 29, 2013: Starting today doctors in New York must check a new electronic prescription drug database before writing prescriptions for painkillers and other controlled substances.
The change is required by the state's new I-STOP law enacted a year ago to address the epidemic of prescription painkiller abuse and addiction sweeping New York and the rest of the nation.
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Steps to prevent "doctor shoppers" from obtaining prescriptions from multiple physicians