Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance

guest · Nov 20, 2020

The DEA Wants Access To 131 Million Prescription Records
November 17, 2020
https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-dea-wants-unlimited-access-to-131.html

Back in 2017 I reported on how the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Prescription Monitoring Program was tracking 60 percent of Americans personal information and prescriptions.

But now an article in Filter Mag revealed that the DEA wants unlimited access to millions of Americans prescription records.

"The DEA is looking to expand its anti-diversion surveillance infrastructure by being able to search and analyze myriad patient behaviors for the vast majority of controlled and scheduled drug prescriptions—all accompanied by a rapid process for legally unveiling personally identifying information."
The DEA wants to give their agents "unlimited access to patient de-identified data on re/filled prescriptions, daily supply, payment type, dosing information and gender."
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The DEA's Prescription Monitoring Program would let at least 1,100 DEA agents have access to the so-called de-identified patient prescription data simultaneously and it would also have a streamlined subpoena process. (pages 11 and 13 of the DEA's Proposal for Pharmacy Prescription Data in Filter Mag. )

Why would the DEA want to give 1,100 agents access to "de-identified" patient prescription data and why would they want a streamlined subpoena process if they could not identify individuals?
According to a 2016 NPR article the DEA could be monitoring 119 million Americans taking prescription drugs.
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