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State and Federal Responsesby Law Enforcement OfficialsPresenters:Honorable Andy Beshear, JD, Attorney General, Commonwealth of KentuckyBruce G. Ohr, JD, Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of JusticeM.J. Menendez, JD, OCDETF Heroin/Opioid Initiative Coordinator, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task ForceLaw Enforcement TrackModerator: Sarah T. Melton, PharmD, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Gatton College of Pharmacy, East Tennessee State University

DisclosuresHonorable Andy Beshear, JD; Bruce G. Ohr, JD; M.J. Menendez, JD; and Sarah T. Melton, PharmD, have disclosed no relevant, real, or apparent personal or professional financial relationships with proprietary entities that produce healthcare goods and services.

DisclosuresAll planners/managers hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.The following planners/managers have the following to disclose:John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, FACOEM Ownership interest: Starfish Health (spouse)Robert DuPont Employment: Bensinger, DuPont & Associates-Prescription Drug Research Center

Learning ObjectivesIdentify innovations and best practices from a state attorney general.Describe the OCDETFs national initiative to address heroin and opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths.Outline creative strategies and initiatives to identify and exploit the vulnerabilities of criminal organizations most responsible for the trafficking of illegal opioids and heroin.

Andy BeshearATTORNEY GENERALCOMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

National Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin SummitOperation UNITE

March 29, 2016

OpLaw Enforcement Track: State and Federal Responses by Law Enforcement Officials

Andy Beshear, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, has disclosed no relevant, real or apparent personal or professional financial relationships with proprietary entities that produce health care goods and services.

ObjectivesIdentify innovations and best practices from a state attorney general. Describe the OCDETFs national initiative to address heroin and opioid addiction, overdoses and deaths.Outline creative strategies and initiatives to identify and exploit the vulnerabilities of criminal organizations most responsible for the trafficking of illegal opioids and heroin.

The Problem

Laura Dimon, MIC Network, Inc., February 10, 2014. Image credit: Fiona Breslin.

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