U-S. Attorney Barry Grissom has announced that he will join Steve Ortiz, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Steve Cadue, chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, and other tribal leaders for a news conference on Friday at the Prairie Band Potawatomi Bingo Hall in Mayetta, Kansas.

Grissom will be talking about the alarming national increase in prescription drug abuse and how tribal leaders are helping to solve the problem by participating in a national Drug Take Back Day initiative sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration.