- ABC News quickly amended
its report concerning the ability of law enforcement to track prescription
drug users in the United States. In a report on Virginia Tech killer Cho
Seung-hui's possible use of anti-depressant drugs, "senior federal
officials" told ABC News they could find no record of him [Cho Seung-hui]
in the governments files on controlled substances. ABC News later posted
an explanation of its first report that the US government tracks prescription
drugs and their users: "Some readers may have inferred from an earlier
edition of this story that the federal government keeps a comprehensive
record of all prescriptions. The Drug Enforcement Agency says it does track
prescriptions of so-called controlled substances - including some mood-altering
medications - but not all prescriptions made in the United States."
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- The issue is to what extent does the DEA track prescription
drug users and what prompted the government to check on records pertaining
to Cho Seung-hui, who was reported to have been treated for mental problems
in the past? The Psychotropic Substances Act of 1978 added mind-altering
drugs to the list of official Controlled Substances. Prescriptions for
these controlled substances have a "DEA Number" used for tracking
controlled substances. The Cho incident and the comments and quick retractions
by "senior federal officials" indicate that there is a secret
federal government capability to track controlled drug users.
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