Introduction Prescription drugs are the most commonly abused class of drugs besides marijuana and other hard drugs. Approximations by the National Institute of Health imply that at least twenty percent of people in the United States have at one time abused the drugs. Some prescription drugs are addictive particularly when used for reasons they were not prescribed. Abuse of prescribed drugs is also perpetuated by nurses who have on several occasions been caught mishandling Narcotics. Some nurses have been caught misappropriating prescribed drugs by using Phenergan with Benadryl to knock patients out (Grossman, 2005). At the start of FY 2000, the US Congress approved funding to the US Department of Justice to support the prescription drug monitoring program. Prescription checking programs help in the determination as well as control of diversion and abuse of pharmaceutical. States which have already established prescription monitoring programs can collect and analyze prescription information more effectively than states where such programs do not exist. In States where such programs have not been implemented, prescription information is collected via manual scrutiny of pharmacy files which is a tedious invasive process (Grossman, 2005). The main reason and aim of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program are to come up with the level of capacity of regulatory as well as law enforcement bodies to be in position to collect and to make a viable analysis of the prescription of data of substances controlled by the pharmaceuticals. The program emphasizes on assisting states that aim at implementing a prescription drug monitoring program. The resources necessary for expansion of existing programs are also available to states with such objectives. Some of the programs objectives include creating a data collection and analysis system especially at the state levels and improving the ability of the existing programs to evaluate and apply the collected data. In addition, the program facilitates the exchange of the already collected prescription data and evaluates the competence and effectiveness of the programs sponsored by the initiative. The programs assist medical experts in preventing drug abusers from getting prescriptions from several doctors. At the moment 39 states have already implemented the programs. NCSL in partnership with Department of Justice is offering legislators with information regarding the implementation of Prescription Monitoring Programs. Countries that have not yet implemented the programs are in the process of doing so or planning systems to evaluate the prescription as well as the sale of all controlled substances together with drugs. Someone Associates in collaboration with BJA has released an evaluation of the programs to assess the effects they have on supply and abuse of controlled drugs. Some examples of already existing programs include: Colorado State Drug Monitoring Program Colorado has an Electronic Prescription Drug Monitoring Program already in place. The program is active and handles all the inquiries from pharmacists and traders of controlled substances. This electronic program which was acceptable by law in 2005 provides a d