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Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Phillips Pavilion, Governor's Mansion Oklahoma Academy Summit 2005 Town Hall October 23-26 in Norman Drugs … legal and illegal … Monte Akridge Integris Health Edmond David Braddock Oklahoma House of Representatives Altus Barrett Dye University of Central Oklahoma Edmond William Hoch Crowe & Dunlevy Oklahoma City Thad Balkman Oklahoma House of Representatives Norman Ginger Brown Cherokee Nation Tahlequah Stephen Farmer City of Tahlequah Tahlequah Kim Holland Oklahoma Insurance Dept. Oklahoma City Thomas Barber USDA Rural Development Woodward Susie Bullock University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City John Feaver USAO Chickasha Jerome Holmes Crowe & Dunlevy Oklahoma City Andrea Barkley Northwestern State University Tahlequah Brant Cale The University of Central Oklahoma Claremore Will Focht OSU Enviornmental Insititute Stillwater Jenny Jackson Cameron University Lawton Howard Barnett TSF Capital, LLC Tulsa Mary Jane Calvey Department of Environmental Quality Oklahoma City Becky Frank Schnake, Turnbo, Frank Tulsa Tena Kay Jolley Chickasaw Nation Stratford Craig Beers Terry Cline Palmer Drug Abuse Program of Tulsa, Inc. Secretary of Health Tulsa Oklahoma City Robert Franklin Sand Springs Public Schools Sand Springs Clark Jolley Jolley & Jolley, P.C. Oklahoma City David Bell PSO Tulsa Kay Goebel, Ph.D. Kay Goebel, Ph.D. Oklahoma City Gayle Jones State Dept. of Education Oklahoma City Glenn Hayes City of Guthrie Guthrie Marilyn Kincade Stepping Stones, Inc. Boley Nona Hessman Kellyville Board of Education Kellyville Regina Knell Palmer Tulsa Lee Hester USAO Chickasha Craig Knutson Oklahoma Insurance Dept. Oklahoma City Paul Beran Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva Leslie Blair Oklahoma Department of Commerce Oklahoma City Nancy Bolzle Bolzle Consulting Tulsa Nancy Coats-Ashley Oklahoma City Jack Coffey, DPh OU College of Pharmacy Tulsa Doug Cox Oklahoma House of Representatives Grove Michael Davis SE Oklahoma State University Cartwright Terry Detrick Oklahoma Farmers Union Oklahoma City Micah Kordsmeier The University of Tulsa Tulsa Timothy Michaels - Johnson The University of Tulsa Tulsa Larry Rice The University of Tulsa Tulsa Renee Warning, SPHR University of Central Oklahoma Edmond Carlo La Monica Cameron Univesity Lawton Charlotte New Mental Health Assn. of OK County Oklahoma City Ross Robinson Norman EDC Norman Alba Weaver City of Guthrie Guthrie Jared Lamb University of Central Oklahoma Edmond Ron Peters Oklahoma House of Representatives Tulsa John Robson Saint Francis Health System Tulsa Phil Woodward Oklahoma Pharmacists Association Oklahoma City Michael Lapolla University of Oklahoma Tusla Glenda Peters USAO Chickasha Andrew Scott Edmond Jerry Young Holdenville Police Department Holdenville Jonathan Looper The University of Tulsa Tusla Dan Plunket, MD Ou Health Sciences Center, Tulsa Tulsa T.W. Shannon Chickasaw Enterprises Ada George Young Holy Temple Oklahoma City Greg Main i2E Oklahoma City Anita Poole Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture Poteau Robert Stevens Oklahoma OPM Oklahoma City Waldo Zerger, Jr. AEP Edmond Neal McCaleb Chickasaw Enterprises Ada Clay Pope OK Assn of Conservation Districts Loyal Warren Thompson Oklahoma OPM Oklahoma City Linda Gibbs Holdenville Jeannie McDaniel Oklahoma House of Representatives Tulsa Samonia Pope Cookson Institute Oklahoma City Marilyn Thoms Gateway to P&C Shawnee Kelly Haney Seminole Nation Wewoka Bill McKamey PSO Tusla Keith Reed OU-Health Sciences Center McAlester Miles Tolbert Secretary of Environment Oklahoma City Jauna Head Oklahoma Office of State Finance Oklahoma City Karen Metcalf Hughes County Drug Court Holdenville Michael Rials Dolese Bros. Co. Oklahoma City Ann Warn, MD, MBA OK State Board of Health Lawton Susan Paddack Oklahoma State Senate Ada TOWN HALL REPORT PANEL LEADERS RECORDERS Doug Branch (Co-Chair) Biotech Law Associates Oklahoma City Steve Kreidler University of Central Oklahoma Edmond Adam Childers Crowe & Dunlevy Oklahoma City Terry Kordeliski (Co-Chair) Riggs Abney Neal & Turpen Oklahoma City Karen Langdon Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma Tulsa Bonner Gonzalez Phillips McFall et al, PC Oklahoma City Rita Chapman (Assistant) Phillips McFall Oklahoma City Claudean Harrison Harrison Investments, Inc. Lindsay Joyel Haave Attorney General's Office Oklahoma City Matthew Weaver Oklahoma Main Street/ODOC Oklahoma City Jennifer Kirkpatrick Phillips McFall et al, PC Oklahoma City Jennifer Miller Phillips McFall et al, PC Oklahoma City Western Kentucky Town Hall Janie Tomek West KY Town Hall Princeton Ben Cundiff West KY Academy Town Hall Cadiz 2005 Town Hall Sponsors Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Devon Energy Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend XTO Energy Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Zarrow Families Foundation Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Integris Health Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Cherokee Nation Enterprises Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Saint Francis Health System Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Public Service Company of OK Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Friend Student Scholarships Harrison Investments Moran Oil Enterprises OK Career Tech OK Optometric Association Rex Public Relations Saint Francis Hospital Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Primary Town Hall Ideas School Counselors Public Awareness Alcohol Sales to Minors Mandatory Drug Testing Taking Inventory 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Strengthen School Counseling 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Strengthen School Counseling The Academy Town Hall recommends that public school districts employ and engage qualified public school counselors at the elementary, middle school and high school levels to work with students and families in the areas of mental health and substance abuse concerns as well as the academic and career counseling areas. Counselor expertise in academic, career, mental health and social concerns must be utilized effectively in our schools at all levels. Counselors should not be involved with duties that could be adequately and appropriately handled by secretaries and administrative assistants. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Public Awareness Campaign 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Public Awareness Campaign The Academy Town Hall recommends that the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals convene a knowledgeable and skilled group of people to determine the criteria and information necessary for a statewide public education campaign designed to generate a greater awareness of the significant impact methamphetamines and all meth-related derivatives have in Oklahoma. The campaign should encompass multimedia, advertising and public relations components utilizing explicit graphics and meth user testimonials to convey the seriousness of the issue. The goal will be to reduce both consumption and production of all dangerous and illegal drugs. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Selling Alcohol to Minors 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Selling Alcohol to Minors The Academy Town Hall recommends that responsibility be imposed on business owners (in addition to the actual sellers) for sale of alcohol to minors through a three-strike program, which provides for graduated punishment. First strike – a program of mandatory training; second strike – monetary penalties; and third strike – suspension and possible revocation of licenses. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Mandatory Drug Testing 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Mandatory Drug Testing The Academy Town Hall recommends mandatory drug testing for initial criminal arrest to identify those with drug problems and get them into treatment and supervision as early as possible. People with an identified drug problem and arrested for a nonviolent offense would be routed into an Expanded Drug Court System. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Taking Inventory 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Public Policy Recommendation Taking Inventory The Academy Town Hall recommends that an inventory be taken of ALL drug treatment and rehabilitation programs, both government and nonprofit, available within the State of Oklahoma. The inventory should be dispersed to appropriate agencies, nonprofits, the public, the legislature and the Governor’s office. Collaboration by all agency and nonprofit programs should be encouraged to prevent duplication of services and all programs should be encouraged to update their information annually. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Other Ideas • Streamline the regulations concerning the sale of all alcohol products (i.e. treating 3.2 beer and other beverages the same). Eliminate the existing tax structure and replace it with a 10% surcharge on all retail alcohol sales in addition to local and state sales taxes. • Adopt a widespread electronic monitoring system for those currently incarcerated or who will be incarcerated for low level, non-violent, drug/drug-related offenses. • Make Drug Courts mandatory in all counties in Oklahoma. 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Other Ideas • In order to detect potential drug and alcohol problems early and take a preventive approach, it is recommended that the State Department of Education identify the appropriate diagnostic tests to identify the probability of drug and alcohol addition and that they be used in our public schools. . • Use an infusion of Rainy Day Funds to hire a contingent of 25 – 50 top notch applied researchers in biotechnology and provide them with state-of-the-art lab facilities and money for student/research support 2005 Oklahoma Academy Town Hall Other Ideas • Create a public “Oklahoma Bio-Tech Research and Development Fund” using one-half of 1% of the public pension funds as the corpus. • Add mental health treatment centers and residential care facilities to the list of facilities in existing statutes able to donate unused prescription drugs to be recycled and given away to the needy. • A mandatory drug testing policy should be developed and utilized for students participating in extracurricular activities with all Oklahoma high schools. The Next Steps “Capitol Pressure”