WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of recent abuses by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in overprescribing medication to veterans, Rep. Jackie Walorski, a member of the House Veterans Affairs’ Committee, introduced legislation requiring all Veteran Administration Medical Centers in Indiana and across the nation to participate in their respective state’s drug monitoring program.

Information about prescription drug abuse – including how to recognize signs and symptoms and where to find help – is now a click away. Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller and the Indiana Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force teamed up to launch BitterPill.IN.gov. This website, armed with a toolkit of resources for Hoosiers, is part …read more.