News Release DEA to Host Prescription Drug Abuse Symposium “Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America” OCT 29 -- (Washington, D.C.)-Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen P. Tandy and the DEA Museum Foundation will host a first-ever national symposium on prescription drug abuse. The event, “Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America” will take place on Friday, November 2, 2007 at 1 PM. It will be held in DEA’s auditorium, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia. A press availability with the moderator and panelists will be held immediately following the conclusion of the symposium at 4 PM in the DEA Auditorium. DEA Administrator Tandy and ONDCP Director John Walters will give remarks opening the symposium. Stephen J. Pasierb, President and CEO, Partnership for a Drug Free America, will moderate the panel. Panelists will include: Joseph Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, DEA Office of Diversion Control; Sharon Brigner, Deputy Vice President, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA); William Jacobs, MD, Associate Professor of Addiction Medicine, University of Florida; Michael Moné, BS, JD, FAPhA, Director of Regulatory Compliance, Medicine Shoppe International; Ms. Francine Haight, R.N., Member of the Board of Directors, Families Changing America; and H. Wesley Clark, MD, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. The “Good Medicine, Bad Behavior: Drug Diversion in America” symposium will bring together some of the best minds in the fields of law enforcement, industry, public policy, science and health, and medical practitioners for a public discussion on the complex issues surrounding the diversion of pharmaceutical drugs and efforts to combat this growing problem in America today. The DEA Museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 AM to 4 PM free of charge. It is located at 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA (South Hayes Street Visitors Entrance, one block north of the Pentagon City Metro stop.) Press inquiries should be directed to DEA Public Affairs, 202-307-7977. All Museum queries should be directed to the DEA Museum Business Office, 202-307-3463. For more general information please visit www.goodmedicinebadbehavior.org, www.dea.gov and www.deamuseum.org . ### |