Greitens launches painkiller database

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens sidestepped the General Assembly Monday to launch a painkiller database.

In creating his version of a prescription drug monitoring program, Greitens said painkiller abuse in Missouri is a "modern plague."

“There are too many families that have had to deal with this,” Greitens said. “We have to look this problem square in the eye.”

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