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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classify prescription drug abuse as the fastest growing drug problem in the United States (Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2011). According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2012) an estimated 52,000,000 people over the age of 12 have used prescription drugs for non-medical use. The CDC reports that in 2007 there was one drug overdose death every 19 minutes in the United States (2012). This project describes the literature on current utilization of PDMPs and one potential solution to increase use with an educational module created and implemented by a NP pursuing a DNP.

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