[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 326 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 326

   Expressing support for designation of the week of April 13, 2009, 
  through April 17, 2009, as ``Protect Your Pharmacy Week'', and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

 Mr. McMahon submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing support for designation of the week of April 13, 2009, 
  through April 17, 2009, as ``Protect Your Pharmacy Week'', and for 
                            other purposes.

Whereas with a renewed national spotlight on prescription drug abuse, it is 
        important to note the related issue of crimes against pharmacies;
Whereas there are indications that the frequency of violent acts to obtain 
        controlled substances in our Nation's pharmacies is on the rise;
Whereas it is estimated that prescription drug crime is the source of between 25 
        to 30 percent of the country's drug problem, according to the National 
        Association of Drug Diversion Investigators;
Whereas pharmacy owners are on the front line of this new war on drugs and need 
        to know how to protect their pharmacy, community, patients, and the 
        environment;
Whereas in April 2008, the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), 
        Federal Bureau of Investigation Law Enforcement Executive Development 
        Association (FBI LEEDA) and Purdue Pharma L.P. (collectively with NCPA 
        and FBI LEEDA, the ``Partnership'') announced a Partnership to combat 
        pharmacy crime by improving pharmacy safety and security;
Whereas the Partnership declared the third week of April as ``Protect Your 
        Pharmacy Week'' and encouraged pharmacists in all practice settings to 
        take steps to protect staff and patients from pharmacy crime, including 
        prescription drug theft;
Whereas NCPA and Purdue Pharma launched RxPATROL in 2003, a collaborative effort 
        between industry and law enforcement designed to collect, collate, 
        analyze, and disseminate pharmacy theft information;
Whereas RxPATROL helps protect pharmacies and ensures legitimate patients' 
        access to life-sustaining medicines;
Whereas RxPATROL has teamed up with neighborhood crime fighting groups such as 
        Crime Stoppers;
Whereas by working with local media outlets, Crime Stoppers can expedite the 
        identification and apprehension of suspects who commit crimes;
Whereas community pharmacists can not only benefit from this initiative by 
        helping law enforcement apprehend pharmacy robbers, but community 
        pharmacists can also gain access to important information on robbery 
        trends and patterns that will help reduce their vulnerability to theft;
Whereas by making this information available to pharmacists, NCPA and Purdue 
        Pharma hope to reduce the number of pharmacy thefts across the country; 
        and
Whereas the week of April 13, 2009, through April 17, 2009, is an appropriate 
        week to designate as ``Protect Your Pharmacy Week'': Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``Protect Your Pharmacy 
        Week'';
            (2) recognizes the continuing importance of pharmacies; and
            (3) encourages pharmacies to take steps to reduce their 
        vulnerability to theft.
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