http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/11/in-montana-mercer-reflects-on-tenure-cotter-lays-out-goals/ Politics, policy and the law at the U.S. Department of Justice Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:13:32 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/01/11/in-montana-mercer-reflects-on-tenure-cotter-lays-out-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 capminder Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:56:11 +0000 http://www.mainjustice.com/?p=17032#comment-2904 It’s great to know that Mike Cotter will have a strong focus on prescription drug abuse. It’s a major problem that is growing at epidemic proportions nationwide. Something has to be done. Part of the problem is that teens can get their hands on prescription meds faster than they can get their hands on a piece of pizza. They are in their parents and grand parents medicine cabinet. The genesis of drug abuse starts mostly with experimentation in the teenage years. Parents need to address the dangers of drug use early on. Early intervention is key and knowledge that your teens are experimenting is key to intervening. One step parents can take in the home is to attach this device (www.capminder.com) to their prescription meds so that they have a means to detect early on in the process if their teens decide to experiment. Intervening early in the process when teens decide to experiment can significantly make a difference in the outcome of such experimentation. It’s great to know that Mike Cotter will have a strong focus on prescription drug abuse. It’s a major problem that is growing at epidemic proportions nationwide. Something has to be done. Part of the problem is that teens can get their hands on prescription meds faster than they can get their hands on a piece of pizza. They are in their parents and grand parents medicine cabinet. The genesis of drug abuse starts mostly with experimentation in the teenage years. Parents need to address the dangers of drug use early on. Early intervention is key and knowledge that your teens are experimenting is key to intervening. One step parents can take in the home is to attach this device (www.capminder.com) to their prescription meds so that they have a means to detect early on in the process if their teens decide to experiment. Intervening early in the process when teens decide to experiment can significantly make a difference in the outcome of such experimentation.

]]>