Top health leaders from Kentucky have been meeting in Florida this week with the goal of ending prescription drug abuse and trafficking. The National Rx Drug Abuse Summit, which comes to a close today in Orlando, was organized by the Eastern Kentucky anti-drug group Operation UNITE. The group discussed possible policies that could help end prescription drug abuse.
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has said the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem is prescription drug abuse, with Kentucky being “ground zero”. Prescription drug abuse kills more Kentuckians than car wrecks.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear was one of the lawmakers present, saying that “reducing the prevalence and impact of this problem requires a national response in which states work together with the federal government to create consistent laws and approaches.”
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Prescription drug summit with Kentucky leaders draws to a close
April 12, 2012
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