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Many states have instituted prescription monitoring programs to limit potential fraud and abuse of controlled substances. In 2006, Ohio instituted a program that makes available to clinicians information about a patient's previous controlled substance prescriptions for a specified period, including the substance prescribed, the amount and date dispensed, names of prescribers, names of pharmacies used, and different addresses used by the patient. In a prospective study at an academic emergency department (ED) in Ohio, emergency physicians evaluated a convenience sample of 179 adult patients with nontraumatic painful conditions and were queried about whether they would prescribe opioids before and after being provided with data from the presc…