If you live in Nevada or one of 16 other states, be aware the state is snooping into your medicine cabinet--every prescribed controlled substance you receive from a pharmacy is reported to a state board and to law enforcement. They say the information is not being used for law enforcement purposes, but to encourage those who take more than "experts" think they should to seek treatment.

"Nevada is one of 17 states in which police are able to collect the information under the auspices of a federal program that has pharmacists file regular reports that include patients' names, the names of their prescriptions, the amount of the medication they receive and the names of their doctors. The states' programs fall under the national umbrella of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program."

Nevada's Prescription Controlled Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force "tracks everything from hard-core narcotics to prescribed painkillers and anti-anxiety medication like the frequently prescribed Xanax and Valium pills. It is composed of representatives from boards that license doctors, veterinarians, dentists and pharmacists as well as physicians who specialize in the treatment of addiction. One member is from the Nevada Division of Investigations."