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

Wednesday, August 6, 2003
10:00 AM

Public Field Hearing

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Margaret Greenwald, M.D. [view testimony]
  Maine Chief Medical Examiner
• Marcella Sorg, Ph.D. [view testimony]
  Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, University of Maine
• John Burton , M.D. [view testimony]
  Medical Director
  Maine Emergency Medical Services
• Kimberly Johnson [view testimony]
  Director
  Maine Office of Substance Abuse

Panel 2

• Michael J. Chitwood [view testimony]
  Chief of Police
  Portland, Maine Police Department
• Lt. Michael Riggs [view testimony]
  Washington County Sheriff’s Department
• Det. Sgt. Jason Pease [view testimony]
  Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department

Panel 3

• Richard Dimond, M.D. [view testimony]
  Mount Desert Island Drug Task Force
• Barbara Royal [view testimony]
  Director
  Open Door Recovery Center