Attorney General Griffin Launches One Pill Can Kill Initiative at University of Arkansas at Monticello

• April 1, 2026

Griffin: ‘The knowledge and awareness these students are receiving could help save lives here on the UAM campus and in the surrounding community’

MONTICELLO – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after joining University of Arkansas at Monticello Chancellor Peggy Doss at a press conference to launch the One Pill Can Kill initiative at UAM:

“The University of Arkansas at Monticello is the 11th campus in Arkansas to join the One Pill Can Kill initiative, and I am grateful for their partnership as we continue to address the threat of illicit opioids across the state.

“Today we are training student leaders on how to avoid accidental overdoses, how to recognize the signs of an overdose, and how to administer Narcan in the event of an overdose. The knowledge and awareness these students are receiving could help save lives here on the UAM campus and in the surrounding community.”

Chancellor Doss provided the following statement:

“The University of Arkansas at Monticello proudly supports the ‘One Pill Can Kill’ initiative and commends Attorney General Tim Griffin for highlighting this urgent issue. Ensuring the safety of our students, campus and statewide community remains our top priority, and raising

awareness about the risks of illicit opioids is key to that goal. By providing students with knowledge, we can help prevent unnecessary tragedies and loss of life.”

To download a PDF version of this release, click here.

About Attorney General Tim Griffin

Tim Griffin was sworn in as the 57th Attorney General of Arkansas on January 10, 2023, having previously served as the state’s 20th Lieutenant Governor from 2015-2023. From 2011-2015, Griffin served as the 24th representative of Arkansas’s Second Congressional District, where he served on the House Committee on Ways and Means, House Armed Services Committee, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Ethics and House Committee on the Judiciary while also serving as a Deputy Whip for the Majority.

Griffin is currently an officer in the Arkansas Army National Guard and holds the rank of colonel. Griffin served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps for more than 28 years. In 2005, Griffin was mobilized to active duty as an Army prosecutor at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and served with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Mosul, Iraq.

His previous assignments include serving as the Commander of the 2d Legal Operations Detachment in New Orleans, Louisiana; the Commander of the 134th Legal Operations Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and as a Senior Legislative Advisor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness at the Pentagon. Griffin earned a master’s degree in strategic studies as a Distinguished Honor Graduate from the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Griffin also served as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs for President George W. Bush; Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Arkansas; Senior Investigative Counsel, Government Reform and Oversight Committee, U.S. House of Representatives; and Associate Independent Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel David M. Barrett, In re: HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros.

Griffin is a graduate of Magnolia High School, Hendrix College in Conway, and Tulane Law School in New Orleans. He attended graduate school at Oxford University. He is admitted to practice law in Arkansas (active) and Louisiana (inactive). Griffin lives in Little Rock with his wife, Elizabeth, a Camden native, and their three children.

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