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Drugs: Legal, Illegal...Otherwise *Reproduced with permission 2005 Town Hall Findings & Recommendations Moving Ideas into Action The Oklahoma Academy is a private, non-partisan membership organization that serves as Oklahoma’s “honest broker.” It develops recommendations on critical issues facing Oklahoma’s future and actively supports their implementation. Academy members understand that Oklahoma is sparsely populated with limited resources. They recognize that in order to improve and enhance education, business and our quality of life, we must collaboratively work together and develop a stronger, more progressive Oklahoma. Vision... To be Oklahoma’s premiere citizen-based organization for public policy development Identifies areas of need and problems facing the State and its people Sponsors and conducts research on critical issues facing the state Develops an educated awareness on policies and programs designed to meet the needs of the people Develops long range goals and agendas for action Increases citizen awareness of the Academy and its policy recommendations Mission… To develop and implement public policy designed to improve the quality of life for Oklahomans Utilizes a well-defined Town Hall process Focuses on maximizing Participation and establishing Partnerships Encourages collaborative and thoughtful Planning Produces Policy recommendations and supports their implementation Key to success… Held each fall, the Academy Town Hall conference is the centerpiece of the Academy’s program of work. It is the convening place for an invited group of participants who are culturally, geographically and politically representative of the state. Urban with rural, private with public, local and state leaders, concerned citizens of all cultures—They discuss the researched issue under focus, they share viewpoints, debate and collaboratively develop specific recommendations and action steps. Immediately after the Town Hall they, and other Academy members, begin the implementation work. Academy Town Hall recommendations are consistently incorporated into progressive legislation and community action. Join the Academy… Become one of a select group of Oklahomans willing to stay on the cutting edge of policy development and willing to take action at community and state levels. Join the Academy and help build a prosperous and progressive Oklahoma today and for future generations. Visit our website, www.okacademy.org, for more information regarding membership. 2 The 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Drugs: Legal, Illegal...Otherwise Table of Contents Table of Contents..............................................................................................3 2005 Town Hall Participants............................................................................4 Preface..............................................................................................................6 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Team....................................................6 Executive Summary..........................................................................................7 2005 Town Hall Leading Recommendations...................................................8 Findings............................................................................................................9 2005 Oklahoma Academy Board of Directors...............................................22 2006 Oklahoma Academy Leadership..........................................................24 2005 Town Hall Sponsors..............................................................................27 3 2005 Town Hall Participants Monte Akridge Brant Cale Kay Goebel, Ph.D. Integris Health UCO Kay Goebel, Ph.D. Edmond Claremore Oklahoma City Thad Balkman Mary Jane Calvey Glenn Hayes OK House of Representatives DEQ City of Guthrie Norman Oklahoma City Guthrie Thomas Barber Nancy Coats-Ashley Nona Hessman USDA Rural Development Oklahoma City Kellyville Board of Education Woodward Kellyville Jack Coffey, DPh Andrea Barkley Lee Hester OU College of Pharmacy NSU USAO Tulsa Tahlequah Chickasha Howard Barnett Doug Cox William Hoch TSF Capital, LLC OK House of Representatives Crowe & Dunlevy Tulsa Grove Oklahoma City Craig Beers Michael Davis Kim Holland Palmer Drug Abuse Program of SESU Oklahoma Insurance Dept. Tulsa, Inc. Cartwright Oklahoma City Tulsa Terry Detrick Jerome Holmes David Bell Oklahoma Farmers Union Crowe & Dunlevy PSO Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Tulsa Barrett Dye Jenny Jackson Paul Beran UCO Cameron University NOSU Edmond Lawton Alva Stephen Farmer Tena Kay Jolley Leslie Blair City of Tahlequah Chickasaw Nation OK Department of Commerce Tahlequah Stratford Oklahoma City Clark Jolley John Feaver Nancy Bolzle Jolley & Jolley, P.C. USAO Bolzle Consulting Oklahoma City Chickasha Tulsa Gayle Jones David Braddock Will Focht State Dept. of Education OK House of Representatives OSU Enviornmental Insititute Oklahoma City Altus Stillwater Marilyn Kincade Ginger Brown Becky Frank Stepping Stones, Inc. Cherokee Nation Schnake, Turnbo, Frank Boley Tahlequah Tulsa Regina Knell Susie Bullock Robert Franklin Palmer OU Health Sciences Center Sand Springs Public Schools Tulsa Oklahoma City Sand Springs 4 Craig Knutson Glenda Peters Warren Thompson Oklahoma Insurance Dept. USAO Oklahoma Office of Personnel Oklahoma City Chickasha Management Oklahoma City Micah Kordsmeier Dan Plunket, MD TU OU Health Sciences Center, Marilyn Thoms Tulsa Tulsa Gateway to Prevention & Tulsa Recovery Carlo La Monica Shawnee Cameron University Anita Poole Lawton Kerr Center for Sustainable Miles Tolbert Agriculture Office of the Secretary of Jared Lamb Poteau Environment UCO Edmond Clay Pope Oklahoma City OK Assoc. of Conservation Michael Lapolla Districts Ann Warn, MD, MBA OU Loyal Oklahoma State Board of Tulsa Health Samonia Pope Lawton Jonathan Looper Cookson Institute TU Oklahoma City Renee Warning, SPHR Tulsa UCO Keith Reed Edmond Greg Main OU-Health Sciences Center i2E McAlester Alba Weaver Oklahoma City City of Guthrie Michael Rials Guthrie Neal McCaleb Dolese Bros. Co. Chickasaw Enterprises Oklahoma City Phil Woodward Ada Oklahoma Pharmacists Larry Rice Association Jeannie McDaniel TU Oklahoma City OK House of Representatives Tulsa Tulsa Jerry Young Ross Robinson Holdenville Police Department Bill McKamey Norman Economic Holdenville PSO Development Coalition Tulsa Norman George Young Karen Metcalf John Robson Holy Temple Hughes County Drug Court Saint Francis Health System Oklahoma City Holdenville Tulsa Waldo Zerger, Jr. Timothy Michaels - Johnson Andrew Scott Edmond TU Edmond Tulsa T.W. Shannon Charlotte New Chickasaw Enterprises Mental Health Assn. of Ada Oklahoma County Oklahoma City Robert Stevens Oklahoma Office of Personnel Ron Peters Management OK House of Representatives Oklahoma City Tulsa 5 Preface Drugs: Legal, Illegal...Otherwise The 2005 Town Hall considered the profound social, economic and personal health consequences of drugs of all forms: legal and illegal, harmful and helpful. Our state has been a leader in implementing innovative programs dealing with drug courts, meth labs and re-use of prescription medicine. But necessity is the mother of invention and two of these programs arose out of desperate conditions. This Town Hall does not limit its examination to that of drug abuse. We think it vital to consider policies to make prescription drugs more affordable, used more when helpful and used less when not. We recognize we are not merely consumers of drugs and that businesses in our state are becoming producers of biologics and other new medicines. Our future economic prosperity will benefit by being a global competitor in the field of biotechnology. We want our children to be taught to live healthy and meaningful lives, free of dependence on drugs. When our citizens are trapped in the grip of drugs we want them to receive the right mix of treatment and punishment; if we do that, they can return to being healthy contributors to our society and we will expend our precious resources only for that purpose. To these aspirations, we commit this Town Hall Findings Report. 2005 Town Hall Team Town Hall Chairman Town Hall Training Chair Howard Barnett Marc Edwards Research Co-Chair Panel Leaders: Mike Lapolla Claudean Harrison Steve Kreidler Research Co-Chair Karen Langdon Craig Knutson Matthew Weaver Town Hall Report Co-Chair, Panel Recorders: Implementation Chair Adam Childers Doug Branch Joyel Haave Jennifer Kirkpatrick Town Hall Report Co-Chair Jennifer Miller Terry Kordeliski Bonner Gonzalez 6 2005 Town Hall Executive Summary Introduction As a major part of our mission, the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals organizes an annual Town Hall Conference devoted to collaborative, creative and engaging discussion on an issue critical to the development and progression of the State. The 2005 Town Hall Conference focused on “Drugs: Legal, Illegal…Otherwise.” Attendance was by invitation and limited to 140 attendees. Invitations were issued to nominees to assure that the participants approximated the socio-demographic composition of Oklahoma. The Town Hall was held at the National Center for Employee Development in Norman, Oklahoma Sunday evening October 23 through Wednesday noon October 26. This Town Hall… This Town Hall presented researched information and articles of perspective covering legal drugs, illegal drugs, and current and future drug research. The Town Hall recognized that “drugs” has both a positive and negative tone. And that governments, businesses, and educational institutions are
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