Kelly to announce measures to tackle prescription drug problem in NYC

New York Post

The NYPD will start tackling prescription drug abuse with GPS tracked prescription bottles. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will unveil a four part process to combating prescription drug abuse in New York City when he speaks at the Clinton Health Matters Conference later today in California. “We’re also distributing so-called ‘bait bottles’ containing placebo Oxycodone pills to be placed on pharmacy shelves,” Kelly said according to planned remarks. These bottles will be equipped with a GPS tracking device that the police can use to follow the bottle and possibly locate “stash locations.”

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