A corporation committed to ending a crisis.
Every day, all across America, prescription medications help people heal, whether they have a short-term illness or a chronic disease. But a sad fact is that medicine, when not used properly, can cause harm. The misuse of medication has become a serious problem around the country, and J M Smith Corporation, in conjunction with the J M Smith Foundation, is committed to helping end this crisis. From our business practices to our philanthropic efforts, we are working to combat medication misuse.
Drug diversion is the practice of transferring legally prescribed medications from the patient for whom it was prescribed to another entity, usually for illegal use or abuse. Drug diversion happens all too often and is directly related to the increase in prescription drug abuse.
At J M Smith Corporation, we are committed to being part of the solution to prevent drug diversion. From compliance programs to software, from education to policies and guidelines, we hold ourselves and our pharmacy customers to the highest standards. Our comprehensive program, called SafeMeds, includes software to track trends and opioid purchasing, compliance monitoring and educational components.
Supporting our community is in our DNA at J M Smith Corporation. It was a fundamental value of our founder, and his legacy lives in all of us. We are proud to help groups who are working to prevent addiction and help those with addiction on their way to recovery, including:
Will's Work
Will's Work was formed after a family turned a terrible loss into a mission to “create a paradigm
shift away from the Bystander Effect” prevalent on high school and college campuses. J M Smith and
its Foundation are proud to sponsor this group's work in the community, providing “Speak Up –
Speak Out” workshops to educate students, faculty and community members on how to help those
caught up in addiction before it is too late. Learn more at
www.willswork.org.
Naloxone kits for first responders
Often, the time it takes to get someone in an active overdose to a medical facility is more time than
that person has to survive. Equipping first responders with naloxone (an opiate antidote, brand name
Narcan) allows them to treat emergency overdoses immediately. J M Smith has been at the front of the
effort to equip police departments with the tools they need to offer life-saving assistance. J M Smith
first granted funding for naloxone kits to the
Benton (AR) Police Department,
and most recently funded kits for
Spartanburg (SC) County.
Education
We know that stopping addiction before it begins is the most effective way to combat abuse. So our
in-house experts make it a point to offer educational opportunities on diversion, the dangers of
medication misuse and on resources and tools that can help. We spent countless hours talking to high
schools, colleges, pharmacy schools and associations and held town hall meetings on what can be done to
prevent addiction and diversion.
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