Field Hearing

Legal Drugs, Illegal Purposes: The Escalating Abuse of Prescription Medications

Date: August 6, 2003
Time: 10:00am
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

Public Field Hearing

Witnesses

Panel 1

Margaret

Greenwald

Maine Chief Medical Examiner

Panel 1

Marcella

Sorg

Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, University of Maine

Panel 1

John

Burton

Medical Director

Maine Emergency Medical Services

Panel 1

Kimberly

Johnson

Director

Maine Office of Substance Abuse

Panel 2

Michael J.

Chitwood

Chief of Police

Portland, Maine Police Department

Panel 2

Lt.

Michael

Riggs

Washington County Sheriff’s Department

Panel 2

Det. Sgt.

Jason

Pease

Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department

Panel 3

Richard

Dimond

Mount Desert Island Drug Task Force

Panel 3

Barbara

Royal

Director

Open Door Recovery Center