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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 · Sec. 1106

Sec. 1106. STUDY ON IATROGENIC ADDICTION ASSOCIATED WITH PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ANALGESIC DRUGS

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## SEC. 1106 STUDY ON IATROGENIC ADDICTION ASSOCIATED WITH PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ANALGESIC DRUGS ###
(a)In General ####
(1)Study The Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to enter into an agreement under which the Institute agrees to study certain aspects of iatrogenic addiction to prescription opioid analgesics included in schedules II and III of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812). ####
(2)Iatrogenic addiction In this section, the term “**iatrogenic addiction**” means an addiction developed from the use of an opioid analgesic by an individual with no previous history of any addiction, who has lawfully obtained and used the drug for a legitimate medical purpose by administration from, or pursuant to the prescription or order of, an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of professional practice. ###
(b)Requirements The study conducted pursuant to this section shall assess the current scientific literature to determine, if possible— ####
(1)the rate of iatrogenic addiction associated with the appropriate use of prescription drugs described in subsection (a); ####
(2)the impact of iatrogenic addiction associated with the appropriate use of prescription drugs described in subsection
(a)on the individual, the prescriber, other patients, and society in general; ####
(3)the comparative abuse liability of prescription drugs described in subsection
(a)when used properly by the ultimate user for a legitimate medical purpose; and ####
(4)#####
(A)what types of prospective or retrospective studies should be undertaken to determine the rate of iatrogenic addiction associated with the appropriate use of the prescription drugs described in subsection (a); and #####
(B)a feasible timeline for conducting and reporting such studies, should the current state of the scientific literature be insufficient to determine the rate, impact, and comparative abuse liability of prescription drugs described in subsection (a). ###
(c)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall ensure that the agreement under subsection
(a)provides for the submission of a report to the Congress on the status of the study conducted pursuant to this section.
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