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Prescription Drug Task Force: Meetings and Background
Executive Order 2012-002 [Executive Order Establishing the Maine Prescription Drug Task Force] established a Prescription Drug Task Force to:
- Develop long-term controlled substance disposal solutions;
- Implement a statewide Diversion Alert Program that provides prescribers with drug crime information from local law enforcement to assist in determining whether patients are legitimately in need of controlled substance prescriptions;
- Develop and field an evidence-based public education campaign, with a unified message addressing prescription drug misuse, abuse, and diversion for statement dissemination in both community education and prescriber training venues; and
- Conduct an active review of the Maine Prescription Monitoring Program, including the scope of access, utilization of available date, thresholds for notification, and mean to achieve near-universal use by prescribers and pharmacists.
Prescription Drug Task Force Members
Background Material
Upcoming Meetings
Full Task Force
Diversion Alert Subcommittee
Education Subcommittee
Prescription Monitoring Program Subcommittee
Disposal Subcommittee
View details of the Combating Prescription Drug Abuse Summit, including transcripts.