We have a state database for some substances (pain pills, sleeping pills). My RABF decided to stop using over a year ago after he received a letter from the judicial system saying that they knew that he was doctor/pharmacy shopping. For him, the letter was enough to make him realize that his relapse was out of control and he was heading in the wrong direction. He went to a psychiatrist and got help. Of course, he could have instead gotten the drugs from another country, or bought them on the street. He could have switched to heroin and got that off the street. However, this database was enough to realize it was his rock bottom. So, I support a national database. I know it is a "big brother," type of thing. However, if it stops or slows down some addicts, then that's a good thing. BTW, we recently had a doctor arrested for prescribing pain pills. She was charging $250 for a prescription--she didn't even see the patients. The DEA investigated her for 9 months before closing in on her.