Program to Offer Confidential Tip Line for Students Bentonville Public Schools has formally partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to support its If You See Something, Say Something efforts. The campaign launches today with the unveiling of a confidential tip
Law enforcement agencies across the state will be collecting old or expired prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, as part of the 14th National Drug Take Back Event. All locations can be easily found at ardrugtakeback.org by
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy and the Arkansas Pharmacists Association worked together to prepare a Naloxone Protocol which can be used much like the protocols for administering immunizations with any prescriptions initialized being in the name of the prescriber
From the website of Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge (www.prescriptionforlife.everfi.com) Across our state we face a prescription drug abuse epidemic, with 40 percent of Arkansas teens reporting that they have tried prescription drugs. I have made it my mission to
Drugs have inflicted a deep wound on our society and ensnared many people in their web. -Pope Francis, Vatican Conference on Narcotics, November 2016. In 2015 alone, more than 52,000 people died of a drug overdose in the
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has joined with three other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit in federal court alleging that six generic drug makers, including Aurobindo Pharma USA Inc., Citron Pharma LLC, Heritage
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced today at the Arkansas Sheriffs’ Association meeting in Rogers a first-in-the-nation education initiative called “Prescription for Life” featuring a digital platform to be offered at no cost to all high school students in the
(story provided by FBI at www.fbi.gov) Federal officials today announced charges against more than 400 individuals—including doctors, nurses, and licensed medical professionals—for their roles in fraud schemes involving about $1.3 billion in false Medicare billings. The coordinated nationwide sweep by
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson has announced Kirk Lane, Chief of Police for the Benton Police Department, as the new Arkansas Drug Director. Chief Lane will replace former Arkansas Drug Director Denny Altes, who resigned in May of this year.