drug problems When the general public hears or thinks of “ drug problems,”

PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

THINK ABOUT IT

When the general public hears or thinks

of “drug problems,”

they tend to think of

Heroin,

Cocaine,

Etc.Crystal Meth,

Marijuana,

They think of

drug cartels in Mexico or Columbia,

poppy fields,

Guns,and

killings

But the real drug epidemic today starts with a prescription pad…

and the entire supply line is within our home towns

As a public health issue, the misuse of prescription drugs

surpass the problems from illegal drugs

CONSIDER THESE STATISTICS

“…1 in 5 high school students in the

United States has taken a prescription drug, such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin,

Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanax, without a doctor’s

prescription.”

-CDC Press Release, June 3, 2010

-CDC, Unintentional Drug Poisoning in the United States, July 2010

Emergency Department visits involving nonmedical use of prescription narcotic pain relievers rose 111%

from 2004-2008.

-CDC Press Release, June 17, 2010

-Georgia Bureau of Investigation

-CDC, Unintentional Drug Poisoning in the United States, July 2010

How did this come about?

A number of new drugs were brought to market in the 1990s to treat pain and depression

As a society, we medicate more conditions today than ever before

The potency of some of these drugs provide a pathway to lifetime addiction

Insert Dr. Norton Slides here

Once the chemistry in the brain changes and the body becomes addicted, it never goes back to normal / addicts never recover, they can only hope to control

what they ingest

The result is shattered lives, broken homes, and suffering by all those around

the addict

The supply line for

prescription drugs

How do they get on the street and into the wrong hands?

All start with a doctor and a prescription pad, some from:

An ethical doctor writing a Rx for a real medical cause (well intended)

A doctor with a regular practice over prescribing to satisfy a patient demands (grey area)

A “pill mill” doctor writing Rx for pay without a real medical reason (illegal)

Unused drugs are stolen from unsecure medicine storage in homes and used or

sold

Addicts shop for different doctors that are lenient or careless in prescribing

Some chronically ill patients routinely sell part of their reoccurring prescriptions

Addicts drive hundreds of miles to find pill mills

What can we do reduce the scope of this problem?

We don’t have to go to Mexico and fight drug cartels

We only have to look within our own State and communities for the solutions

PDMP is critical to control

Georgia is one of seven states left without a program

Think About It

Statewide Capital Campaign

Three Comprehensive Initiatives

Multiple Potential Collaborative

Partners

The Medical Association of Georgia Foundation has initiated program to combat this problem:

The MAG Foundation was established in 1967 as a mechanism for physicians to support philanthropic projects that advance scientific medicine and public health in Georgia. The Foundation promotes a healthier patient population in the state, and each contribution enhances the integrity of the medical profession and the sanctity of the physician-patient relationship. For additional information, go to www.mag.org/foundation.

http://www.mag.org/foundation

The Mission:

As a result of an alarming, explosive increase in prescription drug abuse across widely diverse populations, we need statewide comprehensive drug policies and programs with practical solutions resulting in measurable outcomes of behavioral changes. Creation and implementation of an educational awareness program will require a collaborative, coordinated effort sustained by multiple collaborative partners. These partners include, but are not limited to, judicial, law enforcement, education, public health, physicians, pharmacists and other allied health professionals as well as the business community.

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

Comprehensive Drug Policy for

GeorgiaEducation

Public Professionals

Safety Methods: Disposal & Storage

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA (MAG) FOUNDATION“THINK ABOUT IT”



Comprehensive Drug Policy for Georgia

Chief Collaborative PartnerGeorgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)

Partners

Attorney General

Department of

Community Health (DCH)

Department of Justice

(DOJ)

Drug Enforcement Association

(DEA)

Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI)

Georgia Composite

Medical Board

Health & Human Services

(HHS)

Housing & Urban

Development (HUD)

Public Health



Safety Methods:Disposal & Storage

Disposal

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)Hospitals Law Enforcement

Pharmacy Associations(Envelopes)

Safe Storage

Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

In Home Lock Boxes(Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware, etc.)


Education

Public Pharmacists Physician Allied Health Professionals




Education

Public

Peer Counselor Program

Home Builders

Association

Architects Association

Chambers & Other

Business Associations

Department of

Community Health (DCH)

Promotion &

Advertising

Television

Newspaper

Social Media

Speakers Bureau

Foundation

Medical Association of Georgia (MAG)

Foundation

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

(GBI)

Schools

Board of Education

Colleges

High Schools

Middle Schools

Elementary Schools

After School Programs

Parent Support Organzations

Scouts

YMCA

Recreational Centers

Others to be Determined

Religious Organizations

Civic Groups

Senior Citizen Centers



Education

Physician

Specialty Societies

Georgia Chapter,

American Academy of Pediatrics

(GAAP)

Georgia Academy of

Family Physicians

(GAFP)

Georgia Obstetrical

and Gynecological

Society (GAOBGYN)

Georgia College of

Emergency Physicians

(GCEP)

Georgia Society of

the American College of Surgeons

(GACS)

Georgia Orthopedic

Society (GOS)

Georgia Chapter

American College of Physicians (GAACP)

Georgia Dental

Association

Georgia Neurological

Society

Georgia Neurosurgical Society (GNS)

Georgia Society of

Clinical Oncology (GASCO)

Georgia Society of

Ophthalmology (GSO)

Georgia Urological

Association (GUA)

Georgia Psychiatric Physicians

Association (GPPA)

Georgia Society of

Interventional Pain Physicians



Education

Pharmacists Allied Health Professionals

Georgia Poison Control

Georgia Medical Group

Managers Association

Hospice

Private Hospital

Therapists Hospitals Home Health Care

Druge Abuse Centers

Georgia Nurse

Practitioners Assoiciation

Georgia Physician Assistant

Assoication

Coroners Association

Drug Coalitions

Georgia Nursing Home

Association

Think About It

Physicians

Prescribe Prudently

Think About It

Pharmacists

Dispense Attentively

Think About It

Public

Use, Store & Dispose Judiciously

What can YOUdo to help?

Think About It

Kris McCall678.303.9284

[email protected]

Medical Association of Georgia Foundation, Inc.1849 The Exchange

Suite 200Atlanta, Georgia 30339

mailto:[email protected]

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