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Statewide OxyContin task force to hold first meeting
Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley will host the first meeting of a statewide task force on prescription drug abuse in Abingdon at 1 p.m. at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. A public hearing follows at 7:30 p.m. Purdue Pharma plans to reduce abuse and has paused high dose distribution identification of blue coffin names noted by local officials.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Mark Earley
Abingdon
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
Virginia Highlands Community College
Earley
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Purdue Pharma
Richmond
Michael Friedman
Tazewell County
Dennis Lee
Southwest Virginia
Virginia Attorney General’s Office
Virginia State Police
Virginia National Guard Drug Task Force
Perdue Pharma
Stamford
Connecticut
Lee