Drug Laws

The link below will bring you to the CDC Drug Overdose in the U.S. Fact Sheet. Follow the link and Print out the fact sheet for reference. http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/overdose/facts.html
A second link http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/overdose/index.html will bring you to the CDC Home & Recreational Center Injury page. Located at the top left side of the screen is a column containing a number of injury topics including drug overdose. Open this topic up and note several topic areas such as policy impact and state RX drug laws. Look at the policy impact document on prescription painkiller overdoses. 
There are four broad community approaches to the prevention of unintentional injuries including Education, Regulation, Automatic–Protective, and Litigation. 
Look at existing prescription drug laws for Massachusetts the following link http://www.cdc.gov/HomeandRecreationalSafety/Poisoning/laws/index.html. Looking for 3 Paragraphs highlighting key points from the Massachusetts states laws and assess whether or not they are sufficient to reduce painkiller overdoes. What additional recommendations would you make?