The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) recently announced that it will support the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation’s ‘Think About It’ campaign to reduce prescription drug abuse in the state by distributing informational leaflets at public health facilities in the state. Walgreens began distributing the leaflets at its 191 pharmacies in the state on […]

Over the past four months, the Armstrong Atlantic State University’s police department collected nearly 500 pounds of unused prescription drugs. With the help of the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team, the drugs were transported to Florida to be incinerated. The program, started by CNT, was spurred by the need to keep prescription drugs out of the […]

MAG Foundation ‘Think About It’ Press Release FOR RELEASE JANUARY 25, 2014 Contact Lori Cassity Murphy at 678.303.9282 or lmurphy@mag.org GAINESVILLE RESIDENT DESCRIBES LOSS OF GRANDSON TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE, UPCOMING SUMMIT GAINESVILLE – Gainesville resident Dallas Gay, who is the co-chair of the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation’s ‘Think About It’ […]

William E. Silver, M.D.’s family and friends have contributed more than $5,000 to the MAG Foundation’s ’Think About It’ campaign to reduce prescription drug abuse in the state to honor him as the president of the Medical Association of Georgia for 2013-2014. Click here for November ‘Think About It’ Newsletter

The MAG Foundation will host a free live “ER/LA Opioid REMS: Achieving Safe Use While Improving Patient Care” webinar from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 26. The event will be led by P. Tennent Slack, M.D., the state program chair for the ‘Think About It’ campaign to prevent prescription drug abuse.

Your Views: Physicians doing their part to end prescription abuse Letter to the editor I am responding to a letter written by Elizabeth Martin in The Times calling for physicians to take the prescription drug abuse epidemic seriously. I applaud Ms. Martin for sharing her personal story and perspective. She has rightfully put a spotlight […]