The state Division of Consumer Affairs has launched the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program, a searchable database that includes detailed information about the sale of high-risk drugs dispensed by New Jersey pharmacies or by out-of-state pharmacies dispensing into New Jersey. State-licensed prescribers and pharmacists can obtain free accounts to search the database for the purpose of providing healthcare to current patients. An expansion of the database in May will allow analysis of geographic areas or physicians who prescribed large quantities of certain drugs.
