The Drug Enforcement Administration has enhanced efforts to combat the criminal diversion of prescription drugs for abuse, but could improve its assessment and reporting on program results, according to a report released Sept. 26 by the Government Accountability Office.
DEA has expanded its resources and targeted its investigation strategies to collaborate with state and local entities and enhance the effectiveness of its investigations, GAO said in the report, Prescription Drug Control: DEA Has Enhanced Efforts to Combat Diversion, but Could Better Assess and Report Program Results (GAO-11-744).
DEA has established performance measures for the diversion control program, but these measures ...
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