254000 Role of prescription drugs in the United States substance abuse challenges

Monday, October 31, 2011: 3:00 PM

Joshua Sharfstein, MD , Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD
This presentation will discuss the role of prescription drugs in adding to our substance abuse challenges in the United States. How state and local health departments can institute programs and strategies to control substance abuse will be examined.

Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the broad objectives of the National Drug Strategy. Discuss challenges presented by prescription drugs to substance abuse. Identify ways in which state and local health departments can implement drug control programs.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the State of Maryland Health Secretary, former Deputy Director of the Food and Drug Administration.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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