Kenneth McCall interviewed by Lakes Region Weekly on weekend program on pharmacy robberies

Kenneth McCall, Pharm.D., associate professor and chair of Pharmacy Practice, was interviewed at length for a Sept. 5, 2012 Lakes Region Weekly story on an expert speaker who is scheduled to address the Maine Pharmacy Association at its fall convention in Bangor. Edward Cartwright, a former Pennsylvania police officer with extensive experience fighting prescription drug abuse, will speak specifically on pharmacy safety and security in an effort to help Maine pharmacies deal with the rising epidemic.

McCall, who is also president of the Maine Pharmacy Association, said that “We have invited him to speak at our state association convention because this has just been an alarming issue in Maine ... For example, in all of 2011 there were 24 pharmacy robberies, and so far this year in Maine there have been 37. That’s almost one a week.”  Read the story.

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