Responding to the Prescription Drug Epidemic: Strategies for Reducing Abuse, Misuse, Diversion, and Fraud
Full Committee Hearing

Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Time: 09:00 AM
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Agenda

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, has scheduled a hearing entitled "Responding to the Prescription Drug Epidemic: Strategies for Reducing Abuse, Misuse, Diversion, and Fraud" for Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

Chairman Whitehouse to preside.

By order of the Chairman.

UPDATED Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism

On

"Responding to the Prescription Drug Epidemic: Strategies for Reducing Abuse, Misuse, Diversion, and Fraud"

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226
9:00 a.m.

Panel I

The Honorable Sherrod Brown
United States Senator
State of Ohio

Panel II

The Honorable R. Gil Kerlikowske
Director
White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Washington, DC

The Honorable Michele M. Leonhart
Administrator
Drug Enforcement Administration
Washington, DC

Panel III

Laura Hosley
Manager
Community Prevention
Rhode Island Student Assistance Services
Warwick, RI

John Eadie
Director
Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Member Statements

  1. Senator Patrick Leahy (D - VT)

Witnesses

Panel I

  1. The Honorable Sherrod Brown
    United States Senator
    State of Ohio

Panel II

  1. The Honorable R. Gil Kerlikowske
    Director
    White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Washington , DC
  2. The Honorable Michele M. Leonhart
    Administrator
    United States Drug Enforcement Administration
    Washington , DC

Panel III

  1. Laura Hosley
    Manager, Community Prevention
    Rhode Island Student Assistance Services
    Warwick , RI
  2. John Eadie
    Director, Prescription Monitoring Program Center of Excellence
    Brandeis University
    Waltham , MA