Monday, January 30, 2012

Prescription-Drug Abuse Summit Set

  • {Lexington, Kentucky}...Kentucky's top federal prosecutors will hold a daylong series of meetings Wednesday in Lexington to discuss dealing with widespread prescription-drug abuse in Kentucky. The summit, conducted by U.S. Attorneys Kerry B. Harvey and David J. Hale, is the first of its kind in Kentucky. The event, at the University of Kentucky, is being conducted with UK's schools of medicine, pharmacy and dentistry. The state ranks near the top nationally in measures of prescription-drug abuse.