I understand the "big brother" aspect, but in Florida, 1 in 5 arrests made are for prescription pills.
Pain management clinics that are pills mills in disguise are making $20,000-$30,000 per day in cash money writing prescriptions. They charge $150 to $200 per visit, plus charge $349 for an MRI. This is all cash-no credit cards, no insurance, no money orders...Most of these pill mills are not owned by people in the medical field. They hire doctors who are retired and want cash under the table or they hire doctors that are close to losing their license anyway and can't find employment.
People come down here from up north and visit 5 or 6 doctors over a 2 week period, go back up north and sell pills that cost them $1-$2 each for between $15 and $30 a piece. Law enforcement in Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia will tell you that most prescription drugs arrests involve prescriptions written Florida doctors. Most doctors are on the up and up, but many are not.
We need a national database.