Dear Sir or Madam:

I am writing this letter to bring attention to the need for continued support on our states

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. This program helps our state by monitoring how our

physician practices and hospitals are prescribing opioid pain medications to patients. This

program not only helps to maintain safer use of opioid drugs but helps to save the state of North

Carolina and the country as a whole. Each year we spend approximately $27 billion dollars

between lost w...