Executive Director Paul Blanchard says there is no program in place right aimed at preventing the spread of addiction.
Blanchard tells CHSJ News a prescription monitoring program in needed.
He says as we speak a physician is writing a prescription for oxycontin and a pharmacist is filling it in the absence of information adding they need a prescription monitoring program in order to allow pharmacists to do their jobs effectively.
Blanchard says in April of last year dispensing fees for methadone patients were reduced by 50 per cent.
