Kenneth McCall interviewed for WCSH6 story on increase in pharmacy robberies

Kenneth McCall, Pharm.D., associate professor and chair of Pharmacy Practice, was interviewed for a Dec. 13, 2011 story on WCSH6 TV news on the recent rise in pharmacy robberies.

McCall, who is also president of the Maine Pharmacy Association, said that "the pharmacy robberies that are taking place are a signal of a larger public health issue and that's prescription drug abuse."

He added that "education may be one of the best tools in the battle against drug abuse. We need to be talking to our children about the potential risks of permanent brain damage and death that prescription drug abuse can cause, just as we talk about illicit drugs like cocaine."