Prescription Drug Abuse: Lee, Collier County Drug Drop-Offs to Curb Abuse – News-Press

Prescription Drug Abuse: Lee, Collier county drug drop-offs to curb abuse – News-Press
Sheriff Mike Scott said prescription drug abuse remains a problem countywide and statewide, and the locations will give people a convenient way to get rid of them. In 2009, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported 16 million Americans 12 and older had …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: County crackdown on drug abuse – Herald Tribune
Pressed by a community increasingly affected by prescription drug abuse, Sarasota County commissioners responded Tuesday with a new, strict set of regulations. The rules are designed to preserve access to legitimate pain-management practitioners but keep …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Editorial: Prescription drug abuse the new battleground in Verde Valley – verdenews
In August 2005, The Verde Independent/Camp Verde Bugle launched an in-depth investigation into the proliferation of methamphetamine use in the Verde Valley. We called the series “Methedemic.” Our research showed that the escalating use of meth had …
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Drug Take-Back results
WESTON — On April 30, Floridians turned in approximately 11,567 pounds (5.75 tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs at 228 collection sites across the state during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug…
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Local Prescription Drug Take Back Day event set
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County residents who missed National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in April now have another opportunity to dispose of their unused or expired medications.
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Prescription Drug Abuse: Senator vows action on drugs
CARTERVILLE – State Sen. William Delgado, chairman of the Public Health Committee, was delayed in his arrival at John A. Logan College on Thursday by more than three hours.
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