{Charleston, West Virginia}...Members of the West Virginia Sheriff's Association are calling on the state's congressional delegation to help in an effort to close a loophole in the law regarding prescription pills. At a Wednesday news conference in Charleston, the association said 93 percent of all pharmaceutical transactions are entered into a national data base. Those prescriptions are dispensed with the patient paying via health insurance or third party providers, but most illegal prescriptions are paid for by cash. They say those come from pill mills or pharmacies who care little for who is going to be the end user. The sheriff's association says the current system does not allow for those cash transactions to be recorded in such a way to connect to the national data base.
