Dr. Robert J. Valuck is a Professor in the Departments of Clinical Pharmacy, Epidemiology, and Family Medicine at the University of Colorado Schools of Pharmacy, Public Health, and Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado. He is Director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention, created by Gov. John Hickenlooper to address the Rx drug abuse problem with a collaborative, statewide approach. The donsortium has evolved over the past four years to include 10 work groups, with over 450 members across the state, focusing on key areas relating to education, prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery. The consortium has gained recognition as a model for the development of collaborative, coordinated responses to the opioid overdose epidemic in the United States.