Examining What's Happening Across America National Rx Drug Abuse Summit 4-11-12

1. Examining
What’s
Happening
Across
America
April
10-­‐12,
2012
Walt
Disney
World
Swan
Resort

2. Accepted
Learning
Objec?ves:
1. Analyze
the
characteris?cs
of
effec?ve
programs
designed
to
reduce
the
growth
of
prescrip?on
drug
abuse
and
provide
evidence-­‐based
programs
that
can
be
replicated
in
rural
and
urban
communi?es.
2. Iden?fy
common-­‐interest
issues
related
to
grassroots
preven?on
and
treatment
programs.
3. Describe
available
resources
to
advocate
for
change,
with
specific
focus
on
model
state
drug
laws.

3. Disclosure Statement
• Frances Harding, Robert Morrison,
Sherry Green and Steve Pasierb have
disclosed no relevant, real or apparent
personal or professional financial
relationships.

4. The
Complex
Issue
of
Prescrip3on
Drug
Abuse:
The
Role
of
Preven3on
Frances
M.
Harding,
Director
SAMHSA’s
Center
for
Substance
Abuse
Preven?on

5. SAMHSA
VISION
5

6. What
Do
Americans
Believe
About
AddicEon?
Only one in five think less
of a friend/relative in
recovery from an
addiction …
… and about one in three
think less of someone
currently addicted
Yet, two-thirds think
addiction can be
prevented …
… and three-quarters
think recovery is
possible

7. The
Impact
of
PrescripEon
Drug
Abuse
• Prescrip?on
drug
overdose
deaths
now
exceed
deaths
from
cocaine
and
heroin.
• American
deaths
from
prescrip?on
drug
overdoses
are
now
second
only
to
motor
vehicle
fatali?es.
• Non-­‐medical
use
of
prescrip?on
painkillers:
$72.5
billion
annually
in
direct
health
care
costs
to
health
insurers.

8. The
Impact
of
PrescripEon
Drug
Abuse
• In
2009,
50
percent
of
all
drug-­‐related
emergency
department
visits
involved
nonmedical
use
of
prescrip?on
or
over-­‐the-­‐counter
drugs.
• 40
percent
of
teens
think
prescrip?on
drugs
are
“much
safer”
than
illegal
drugs.
• 55
percent
of
persons
12
and
up
who
used
prescrip?on
pain
relievers
nonmedically
in
the
past
year
received
them
from
a
friend
or
relayive
for
free.
• Number
of
drug-­‐dependent
newborns
has
doubled,
tripled,
or
more
over
the
past
decade.

9. PrescripEon
Drug
Abuse
Affects
Everyone
•
Sadly,
the
data
show
that
infants
are
born
dependent
on
painkillers.
o
In
Florida:
the
number
of
babies
with
withdrawal
syndrome
soared
from
354
in
2006
to
1.374
in
2010
–
a
rise
of
almost
300
percent.
•
Teens
get
prescrip?ons
from
friends
and
family:
o
From
the
medicine
cabinet
o
From
fellow
students
•
Adults
and
older
people,
too,
are
affected.

10. A
NaEonal
Call
to
AcEon

11. NaEonal
PrescripEon
Drug
Abuse
PrevenEon
Strategy
• Prescriber
and
consumer
educa?on/awareness
• Expanded
and
enhanced
use
of
prescrip?on
drug
monitoring
programs.
• Educa?on/awareness
about
safe
disposal
of
unused
medicines.

12. PrescripEon
Drug
Monitoring
Programs
Source:
The
Na-onal
Alliance
for
Model
State
Drug
Laws

13. InformaEon
is
Power

14. CommuniEes
Are
Making
a
Difference

15. Let’s
Work
Together
to
Stop
This

16. Collabora3on
is
the
Key!

Center
for
Behavioral
Health
StaEsEcs
and
Quality

Center
for
Mental
Health
Services

Center
for
Substance
Abuse
PrevenEon

Center
for
Substance
Abuse
Treatment
www.samhsa.gov