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Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers."
Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. June 22, 2006:B1.

This article reports on a Washington state law that prevents pharmacists from accepting prescriptions that are handwritten unless they are very clearly printed.
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