Doctors are contributing to the problem of drug abuse by writing prescriptions too quickly and the state needs to better track the use of prescribed drugs, Gov. Jeb Bush said during a drug summit Wednesday.

Bush, whose daughter Noelle is in a drug treatment center after her arrest on prescription fraud charges, said the state needs to crack down on doctors and pharmacies who allow prescription drug abuse.

"We overmedicate, over prescribe legal drugs. There's a pill for everything," Bush said.

He said he will support proposed legislation this year that will create a tracking system to help prevent the abuse of drugs like OxyContin, Xanax and painkillers by making it a third degree felony for doctors to prescribe such drugs to patients without a legitimate need for them.

He noted that many addicts often "shop" for doctors that will help them to continue abusing prescription drugs.

"Addicts pharmacy shop — I know that through personal experience — and doctor shop. They may not be able to go to work, they may not be able to park their cars straight, but they are ingenious about how they get their drugs," Bush said.

The bill would create a computerized database to record the sale of some controlled substances and requires doctors and dentists to complete a one-hour course on prescribing drugs.

Noelle Bush was arrested a year ago for allegedly trying to use a fraudulent prescription to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax at a pharmacy drive-through window in Tallahassee.

Rep. Gayle Harrell, R-Port St. Lucie, said prescription drug abuse is a growing problem.

"We used to think drug abuse was simply street drugs. You thought of cocaine, you thought of marijuana, you thought of classic street drugs — heroin, the worst of the worst. However, when we look at the numbers in our local community, it really is proven that there is more of a problem with the abuse of prescription drugs," she said.

Maureen Flori told the governor that her 25-year-old son Drew died last Easter because of his addiction to prescription drugs. She held up bags containing 1,455 pills to show the amount he was prescribed by the same doctor over the last two months of his life.

"What took my son's last breath on Easter Sunday?" Flori asked. "Prescribed drugs."