CVS Health to bring Pharmacists Teach program to Pittsburgh public schools

CVS Health recently entered a partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and the Pittsburgh Public Schools that will showcase the company’s Pharmacists Teach prescription drug prevention program to public school students with the help of student pharmacists from the university.
"CVS Health is committed to addressing and preventing prescription drug abuse in the communities we serve, and we started the Pharmacists Teach program because we know pharmacists can provide a unique and trusted perspective on the dangers of prescription drug abuse," CVS Health President and CEO Larry Merlo said in a statement. "I'm extremely proud we've been able to partner with the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy to expand the reach of the Pharmacists Teach program to so many public schools in Pittsburgh.”
CVS Health developed the curriculum for Pharmacists Teach in 2015 as way to help slow the growing opioid epidemic. Through the program, CVS Health has helped educate more than 200,000 students across the United States.
"We are truly thankful to both the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and CVS Health for this valuable relationship," Dara Ware Allen, assistant superintendent for Pittsburgh Public Schools, said.