<div>Call for Presentation Proposals</div><div>& Film Entry Submissions</div><div>Now Open!</div><div>2011 International Symposium on Safe Medicine</div><div>October 2-4, 2011</div><div>Holiday Inn by the Bay Hotel and Conference Center</div>
<div>Portland, Maine</div><div>____________________________________________</div><div>Conference Organizers</div><div>Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group</div><div>Drug Disposal Group</div><div>University of Maine Center on Aging</div>
<div>University of New England College of Pharmacy</div><div>Husson University</div><div>_____________________________________________</div><div>I.</div><div>Call for Presentations</div><div>Click here to submit your presentation for consideration</div>
<div>Deadline for proposal submission: June 30th, 2011</div><div>At this time, we are accepting proposals to be considered for</div><div>presentation at the symposium. Possible topics may include but are</div><div>not limited to: trends in prescription use or abuse, program strategies</div>
<div>for successful drug disposal projects, best practices in prescribing</div><div>medication, legislation and policies effecting prescription drug use</div><div>and disposal, results of prescription drug return projects, and</div>
<div>alternative therapies to benzodiazepines.</div><br>-- <br><div>Stevan Gressitt, M.D.<br>Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging<br>Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research</div>
<div>Athens, Greece</div>
<div>Founding Director, International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety<br>University of New England, College of Pharmacy<br>Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences <br>Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry<br>University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>
716 Stevens Avenue <br>Portland, Maine 04103<br><a href="mailto:gressitt@gmail.com" target="_blank">gressitt@gmail.com</a> <br>Cell: 207-441-0291 </div>
<div><a href="http://www.benzos.une.edu/" target="_blank">www.benzos.une.edu</a> </div>
<div><a href="http://www.safemeddisposal.com/" target="_blank">www.safemeddisposal.com</a> <br><br></div><br>