The Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative (GPDAPI) of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs (TCAD) focuses on four priority areas and nine objectives in order to prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse in Georgia.  These four areas have been identified in the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP’s) Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan (EPIDEMIC: RESPONDING TO AMERICA’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE CRISIS, ONDCP, 2011). 

Funding for the GPDAPI is being provided by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities/Division of Addictive Diseases/Office of Prevention Services and Programs (DBHDD/DAD/OPSP) via a contract to TCAD. TCAD is working in collaboration with the Medical Association of Georgia Foundation’s “Think About It” Campaign which also seeks to prevent prescription drug abuse in Georgia.