Aligning with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s plan to combat the ever-increasing prescription drug abuse issue, the Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Forum will include an examination and discussion of the four elements comprising the national strategy: education, monitoring, disposal and enforcement. The day also includes Strategy Workgroups where participants will use information shared during the Forum, with their expertise and community needs to shape a plan of action to impact prescription drug abuse in Colorado.

RSVP required by November 1  •  Attendance is limited •  To register or for more information: 303.369.0039 • info@peerassist.org

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2011 Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Week • November 7-11, 2011

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PAST EVENTS
• This Is Your Brain on Adolescence • November 2010 event  • Presented by Ken Winters, PhD, director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, professor in the University of Minnesota’s department of psychiatry and senior scientist with the Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia.
• Lt. Governor Barbara O'Brien declared November 8-14, 2009 first Colorado Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Week.

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IN THE NEWS  
Denver Post: Wheat Ridge doctor faces drug charges over alleged "pill mill," 6/29/2011

Channel 7 News: Prescription Drug Abuse and Proclamation Ceremony, November 12, 2009

(PDF) Proclamation of Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Week, 2009