a doctor prescription drugs can alleviate severe pain or help those suffers from mental disorders like depression, insomnia or attention deficit d disorder 0. unfortunately, there are true stories of these drugs being prescribed inappropriate ly or not for their intended use. only 54% of physicians ask about prescription drug abuse when taking a patient's medical history. and only 55% regularly contact the patient's previous doctor before preskribing controlled pain medicat question, state entities certify and regulate both doctors and pharmacists. through this role, general conway, what do you think state authorities can do to educate medical practitioners? >> well, the thing about the medical community, congressman, is that the one size fits all approach -- weae a piece of legislation that i'm supportive of that would require anyone who wants to prescribe a scheduled two or three narcotic to mandatorily register with our mp. i think that the education component for the medical community is important. chairwoman talked about what needs to happen with short-term prescriptions. our e.r. docs need standards for how much should the