By Dan Conti
Washington, D.C. – Kentucky's system for tracking the dispensing of prescription drugs is "forward leaning" but it's not enough. That's what President Obama's drug czar told a senate panel in Washington Tuesday. Gil Kerlikowske testified on the nation's prescription drug abuse epidemic before the subcommittee on crime and terrorism.
"What's called the KASPER system in Kentucky, which is very forward-leaning in this area. But there are several problems and we've addressed those in the prescription drug plan. One is that they should be inter-operable and talk to each other..."
Kerlikowske is director of the White House Office of Drug Policy Control. He says the Kentucky system, known as KASPER, and similar initiatives in other states work well but they need to work together.