Governor creates task force on opioid abuse
Do you know what you get when a person in the position of power/influence and has a loved one suffering from the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder ? You get policies/laws/rules/regulations that focus on the needs of the FEW and SCREWS the needs of the MANY
http://www.weau.com/content/news/Governor-creates-task-force-on-opioid-abuse-394452671.html
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker says that although the state has taken steps in the past to combat opioid abuse in Wisconsin, there’s more to be done.
Walker on Thursday signed an executive order creating a task force to make additional recommendations on fighting abuse of pain relievers, such as oxycodone and hydrocodone and methadone.
Walker says the task force will be led by Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Rep. John Nygren, whose daughter has struggled with drug abuse.
Walker signed the order at a Walgreens drug store in Milwaukee to highlight the chain’s drug take-back disposal program at 18 pharmacies in Wisconsin. Citizens can drop off unused medication, including controlled substances by placing them in a disposal kiosk.
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welcome to my world/state,,,,,maryw
Yup …. As usual all that matters to a government entity is preventing addiction ….. Just another version of the CDC Core Expert Group. I have lost all faith in government and bureaucracy.
Oh boy! Aren’t we excited by yet another task force headed by someone with a personal agenda?
Dropping Controlled Substances off in a glorified lock box? I did not think such unwanted drug disposal methods were allowed under Federal Law. Perhaps it is just my State of California that seems to prohibit this. Every single “Community Drug Take Back Day” that I’ve seen in my little town is always staffed by a couple of the town’s Police Officers as they are the only ones who are allowed to receive Controlled Substance prescription drugs for disposal.
I know for fact that the DEA’s guide for Dispensing Pharmacist’s that is on the DEA web site plainly states that unwanted Controlled Substance prescription meds cannot be returned to the pharmacy for the purposes of destruction. Apparently Walgreens can put up it’s own “Kiosk” in the store so that Daemon Hydrocodone and his diabolical brethren can be consigned to the fires of the incinerator, but that same bottle of generic Norco cannot be remanded to the pharmacy proper for destruction? What’s the difference?
Les Paul, My local Fred Meyer pharmacy has a sign up stating you can drop unwanted prescription drugs for disposal. They used to have bags you could buy to mail in for the same purpose!