Community Needs To Help Stop Prescription Drug Misuse, Drug Summit Told

One of the messages of Thursday night's Cabell County Drug Prevention Summit was the importance of the community in combating prescription drug abuse.

The Herald-Dispatch said that several speakers said parents, friends and relatives need to be aware of the dangers of prescription drug misuse and be alert to it.

"Law enforcement is an important component to the process, but it's not the solution to the problem," Huntington police chief Skip Holbrook said. "The partnerships and relationships we develop (and) this type of forum is what makes our community successful."

The summit, Cabell County's fourth annual, capped a daylong series of meetings about substance abuse prevention and treatment in the southern West Virginia county.

"I think the biggest benefit is that there is a community awareness now about the drug problem we have," Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership member Tim White told WSAZ-TV.