Governors' panel looks at prescription drug abuse

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October 22, 2012

Governors' panel looks at prescription drug abuse

Anonymous Associated Press Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:30 AM CDT

— MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A new program of the National Governors Association aimed at stopping prescription drug abuse is meeting in Montgomery.

Gov. Robert Bentley is co-chairman of the NGA's Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Policy Academy, and he will address its opening session Monday in Montgomery.

The academy is spending a year looking at how to reduce prescription drug abuse in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oregon and Virginia.

A spokesman for the governor says the academy is looking at everything from online pharmacies to coordination of efforts across state lines.

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