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Newshawk: www.flcan.org
Pubdate: Fri, 10 Apr 2015
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2015 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
MCCONNELL, DRUG CZAR TALK HEROIN IN N. KY
COVINGTON, Ky. ( AP ) - Venturing into the epicenter of Kentucky's
fight against heroin addiction, national drug czar Michael Botticelli
on Thursday touted needle-exchange programs as effective grassroots
initiatives to combat the spread of infectious disease and to steer
heroin users into treatment.
Botticelli, director of the White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy, also urged the medical community's vigilance against
overprescribing pain medications. He called for mandatory medical
education for prescribers as a way to stop the abuse of painkillers.
Botticelli was invited by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to
visit Northern Kentucky, an area especially hard hit by heroin
addiction. Drug abuse is an ongoing problem in Kentucky, where
overdose deaths have outpaced fatalities from motor vehicle crashes.
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