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    RX Verify seeks to end prescription addition

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My next guest college educated daughter to friends of -- -- who admits to being a former prescription drug addict she's come up though she's -- just come up with a great idea to keep users from doctor shopping.

Her name Molly McGee her her charity is called RX.

Verify any idea I guess volley welcome to the program to set up a national database.

So people can't go from one -- -- or another to another one doctor to another how -- it work.

Correct what we have in this day -- age is his national epidemic right.

A hundred people a day are dying from this prescription drug overdoses.

Arts verifies.

-- verify charitable work is going to be able to.

Allow.

Americans our fellow Americans who are not as fortunate as myself provided with -- with scholarships.

To be able to be admitted to high in treatment centers great but how about the database -- that we doctor shopping is.

Is feeding this addiction arts verify is here to starve it.

This particular.

Come this particular organization.

When somebody.

Goes into a pharmacy.

With a prescription.

For a class 23 and -- drug.

They will be able to.

Looked up and see if this.

-- be an addict or someone who is currently becoming addicted to the drug.

It's been filled too soon.

Or if there are using it to to -- too often.

Correct didn't you -- you -- I'd OxyContin case she she's she's right on I mean I'm representing young man right now.

Who had a bad back it it usually starts of innocently -- all the with a real real injury and the hospitals the dog they can't wait to give -- this pill because it does ease your pain.

So what -- the -- gets addicted on -- Brooklyn and in Brooklyn doctor does the right thing in limited.

So let me go to -- elements -- -- -- that doctor doesn't know that the doctor -- -- -- in prescription.

Then then that doctor comfortable betting on to doctor Manhattan.

Three different Burroughs -- one doctor one it doesn't do what the other is -- -- -- or the other does what she's saying is exactly what we need.

I've I've him the uniform databases -- way to -- author already went and got sixty pills in Brooklyn you can't not get sixty goals is that amounted -- -- -- in the Bronx how're you doing now.

Today I'm doing fabulous you know I am just came up -- two years -- last Friday.

And caddie.

Yeah I.

In my active addiction you know this -- apart families friends.

I was deteriorating.

Now everybody around me saw me.

Deteriorating.

I needed to make the change you know when somebody's hungry they're gonna go out and feed their hunger an addict.

When they want to go feed their addiction.

They're gonna go do it and this is what's going on and the doctor shopping.

Is what's happening.

And arts verify is here to -- it we know what's not work gang are also -- -- today he state the state agencies and federal government.

Their approach is not been affected.

So my approach is going to the dispensers level.

Who drugstores correct -- -- looked it up.

Hey buddy this is already that that -- they've got ya know it's a charity.

And -- -- -- somebody bankrolling the charity you're not asking for donations right now we're not accepting public donations were working with a single plant the -- Who is passionate just like myself on here to save lives.

OK we have -- I want to save lives you know I was on my deathbed.

And -- -- to spread the message this awareness.

This epidemic needs to stop an arts verifies the way to stop -- welcome back thank you so -- -- I'd love to have you on the program.

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