4th Annual Arkansas Prescription Drug Abuse Summit
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Hot Springs Convention Center
134 Convention Center
Hot Springs, AR 71901
This program is available to multiple stakeholders including civic and community leaders, physicians, pharmacists,
nurses, school resource officers, educators, substance abuse prevention and treatment professionals, and law
enforcement and is provided free to participants as a public service. Registration is available at www.cji.edu
Agenda
8:30 – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks – Exhibit Hall A
Chris Thyer
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Arkansas
Dr. Susan Weiss
Director of Extramural Research
National Institute of Drug Abuse
9:30 – 9:45 AM Break
9:45 – 11:45 AM Summit Breakout Track Session 1
Clinical Track – Room 208-209
Drug Abuse Legislation Update – Panel
- Representative Justin Boyd
- Dr. John Kirtley, Executive Director, Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
- Chief Kirk Lane, Benton Police Department
Prescription Drug Monitoring
Dr. Denise Robertson
Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator, Arkansas Department of Health
Criminal Justice Track – Room 207
Drug Overdose Deaths
Dr. Amy Hawes
Medical Examiner, Knox County, Tennessee
Education / Advocacy Track – Room 203-204
Opiates and Emerging Drugs
Stephanie Siete
Director of Public Relations,
Community Bridges, Inc. – Arizona
11:45 AM – 1:15 PM Lunch (provided) – Exhibit Hall A
Welcome
Leslie Rutledge, Arkansas Attorney General
Keynote Presentation
Gregory Zoeller, Indiana Attorney General
1:15 – 2:15 PM Summit Breakout Track Session 2
Clinical Track – Room 208-209
Drug Seeking Behaviors and Red Flags – Panel
- Dr. Carl Covey, Medical Director, Advanced Pain Treatment Associates - Little Rock
- Other Panelists TBA Pending Confirmation
Criminal Justice Track – Room 207
Prescription Monitoring Program Investigations
- Lisa Barnhill, Diversion Group Supervisor, United States Drug Enforcement Administration
- Dr. John Kirtley, Executive Director, Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
- Chief Kirk Lane, Benton Police Department
- Dr. Denise Robertson, Prescription Monitoring Program Administrator, AR Department of HealthEducation /
Advocacy Track – Room 203-204
Prescription Drug Abuse: How Can Research Help Us Solve the Problem
Dr. Susan Weiss, Director of Extramural Research
National Institute of Drug Abuse
2:15 – 2:30 PM Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM
The Law Enforcement Partnership: Community Policing of Health Care and Substance Disorders – Exhibit Hall A
Detective Lieutenant Patrick P. Glynn
Special Investigations and Narcotics Unit
Quincy (MA) Police Department
3:30 – 3:45 PM Break
3:45 – 4:45 PM
Drug Endangered Children: Risk Factors and Neuropsychological and Psychosocial Development – Exhibit Hall A
Dr. Kiti Freier Randall
National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children
4:45 – 5:00 PM Closing Remarks