Secure Boxes to Be Available for Unwanted Pittsburgh-Region Prescription Drugs – Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Secure boxes to be available for unwanted Pittsburgh-region prescription drugs – Pittsburgh Post Gazette


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Secure boxes to be available for unwanted Pittsburgh-region prescription drugs
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Authorities have observed a statewide increase in abuse of prescription drugs and heroin, said Ed Marsico, district attorney of Dauphin County. Last year, the county had about 20 overdoses that could be attributed to heroin or prescription drugs. This
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Harrisburg touts prescription drug drop-off boxes – Daily Local News

Harrisburg touts prescription drug drop-off boxes
Daily Local News
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Corbett is trying to raise awareness of prescription drug abuse, encouraging Pennsylvanians to empty their medicine cabinets of expired or unused pharmaceuticals and disposing of them in one of 250 new drop-off boxes 

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Oxycontin tops list of abused prescription drugs – WOWK

Oxycontin tops list of abused prescription drugs
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9, 2013 (HealthDay News) — Oxycodone — the active ingredient in OxyContin — and hydrocodone are the most popular drugs among Americans who abuse prescription painkillers, a new study finds. OxyContin and Percocet are brand names for drugs 

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