Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control to Hold Hearing on Prescription Drug Abuse

WASHINGTON – Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Co-Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced a hearing Wednesday, July 18, at 2:30 p.m. on prescription drug abuse in the United States.

            According to a recent survey by Monitoring the Future—a University of Michigan study of U.S. students and young adults funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse—prescription drugs are the second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana.            

• Sen. Feinstein
• Sen. Grassley
• Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.), co-founder of the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse
• Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Joseph Rannazzisi, deputy assistant administrator with the Drug Enforcement Administration
• John Eadie, director of the Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence at Brandeis University
• Avi Israel, a parent advocate in Buffalo, N.Y.
• Vernon Porter, a parent advocate in Orange County, Calif.
• Joseph Harmison, owner of Harmison Pharmacies in Arlington, Texas

Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing: Responding to the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

2:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 18
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562

A live stream of the hearing will be available online at www.drugcaucus.senate.gov.

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