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VietnameseGriffin: ‘It’s important that we do our part to keep prescription drugs out of circulation for harmful or illicit use’
LITTLE ROCK – Ahead of Saturday, October 28, being the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Drug Take Back Day, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement:
“Tomorrow is National Drug Take Back Day, and I encourage Arkansans across the state to consider whether you and your family have prescription drugs that need to be disposed of. If you do, you should find the drop-off location nearest to you and make a plan to stop by tomorrow.
“Leftover prescription drugs, particularly opioids, can far too easily make it into the hands of children, those struggling with addiction or even criminals. It’s important that we do our part to keep prescription drugs out of circulation for harmful or illicit use.
“I also encourage all Arkansans to sign up for the upcoming Stop Overdose Summit on Wednesday, November 8, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Our summit will provide information and training to equip people to join the effort of eliminating drug overdoses in our state.”
To find a drop-off site near you, click here.
To register for free for the Stop Overdose Summit on November 8, click here.
About Attorney General Tim Griffin
Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.
Griffin has served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 27 years and currently holds the rank of colonel. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.
He is currently serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana. His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Liberty (née Bragg), North Carolina, and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.
Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.
Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin attends Immanuel Baptist Church and lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.
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