The Star Tribune recently reported on the state of Minnesota's plan to establish a database of people who get prescriptions for painkillers such as Vicodin or OxyContin. The purpose of this database is to allow doctors and pharmacists to track and check on those who come to them for prescriptions to painkillers. The database will give them access to the patient's medical records and allow them to monitor the behavior of these patients.
Minnesota's own Ed Morrissey remarks on the potential problems with a database such as this over at HotAir.
Check out both articles. I for one am opposed to such a database for many of the reasons Mr. Morrissey mentions. Most of all is the invasion of privacy and intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship.
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