The Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, known as E-FORCSE® (Electronic-Florida Online Reporting of Controlled Substance Evaluation Program), was created by the 2009 Florida Legislature in an initiative to encourage safer prescribing
Prior to 2009, many of Florida’s city governments, especially in Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa, had an epidemic on their hands. The Federal Centers for Disease Control labeled our state the epicenter of prescription drug diversion because