About the Editor:
 Charles “Charlie” Broussard, R.Ph., M.Ed., has been a  staff pharmacist at Mercy Hospital, Fairfield, Ohio,
 since August 1987.

 He holds a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee, College of Pharmacy in
 Memphis, and a Masters of Education in Agency and Community Counseling from Xavier University in
 Cincinnati with major studies in Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Counseling from Seattle University.

 He has been involved in the field of chemical dependency as an educator, counselor and consultant for the
 past 30 years. From 1995 - 2002 he served as Secretary to Ohio's Pharmacist Rehabilitation Organization.
                                       In 2000, he was welcomed as the eighth honorary member of the International Pharmacists Anonymous
                                       Organization, because of his work on the national level for pharmacists in recovery from substance abuse.
                                       In June of 2003 he was appointed by the American Pharmacists Association in Washington, DC to serve on
                                       the Advisory Council and Summer School Faculty of the University of Utah – School on Alcoholism and Other
                                       Drug Dependencies in Salt Lake City, a position he still holds.
                                       Currently he is the editor of this recovery website for Pharmacist: www.USAPRN.org.
 
                                In 2005 he was the recipient of the Beal Award of the Ohio Pharmacists Association. An Award presented
                                        annually to honor a Pharmacist who has made continued contributions to the advancement of the pharmacy
                                        profession within the state of Ohio. In 2008 he was the recipient of the American Pharmacists Association,
                                        Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management (APhA-APPM) Merit Award. This award, recognizes individual
                                  pharmacy practitioners for significant contributions to pharmacy practice. In 2009 he was the recipient of the
                                Linwood F. Tice Friend of the APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists Award. This award recognizes an
                                        individual whose long term services and contributions have supported the APhA Academy of Student Pharmacists
                                        (APhA-ASP) and its members

                               
                                        Charlie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.