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‘Take Back Day’ to Crack Down on Prescription Drug Abuse – WTHI

‘Take Back Day’ to crack down on prescription drug abuse – WTHI


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'Take Back Day' to crack down on prescription drug abuse
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) – A drug epidemic is now exploding in teens and pre-teens. Prescription and over the counter medications are becoming the high of choice. On Saturday, law enforcement agencies across the Wabash Valley hosted a Drug Take …
Prescription Drug Abuse is Growing at an Alarming RateWAND
Prescription drug Take-Back Day a successYour Houston News
Drops off sites promoted on 'Prescription Drug Take Back Day'KARE
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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

National drug take back initiative hopes to curtail prescription drug abuse – KSN-TV

Prescription Drug Abuse Is Growing at an Alarming Rate – WAND

Prescription Drug Abuse is Growing at an Alarming Rate – WAND


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Prescription Drug Abuse is Growing at an Alarming Rate
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Many came out to Springfield's Drug Take Back Saturday afternoon, to return expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. Springfield Deputy, Daniel Walbert, says it's an effort to reduce the alarming rate of poisonings and overdoses from these drugs.
'Take Back Day' to crack down on prescription drug abuseWTHI
Drug Take Back days collect a ton of drugsWCSH-TV
Schuette Urges Drug Abuse Prevention, Promotes Safe Disposal of Prescription Insurance News Net (press release)
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Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV

Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV


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Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
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If you leave the drugs sitting around, they could contribute to criminal behavior or severe health risks. At the Aberdeen Police Department, officers say people who abuse prescription drugs get those medications from different sources. Your medicine
Prescription drug 'take back' todayChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Prescription drug disposal sites listedFond du Lac Reporter
Utah police agencies to collect unwanted prescription drugs SaturdayDeseret News
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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post


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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
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Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record
Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse The Republic

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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how …
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record
Rahall calls meeting on W.Va.'s drug problemBeckley Register-Herald

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems.

Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV

Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse – KELOLAND TV


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Law Enforcement Fights Prescription Drug Abuse
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Law enforcement officers across the state continue to take part in a program that disposes of left over prescription drugs. People can drop off old medicine at various locations across the state and country Saturday. If you leave the drugs sitting
Prescription drugs can be dropped offAlbuquerque Journal
NM county opens prescription drug drop boxBelleville News Democrat

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Prescription Drug Abuse – Google News

 

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post


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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Everyone knows someone who has been seriously affected by prescription drug abuse. Yet, when a report issued late last year revealed that the leading cause of accidental death in the United States is drug overdose — primarily from prescription drugs
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record
Rahall convenes meeting on West Virginia's prescription drug abuse The Republic

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Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The Statistics of Opiate Addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction – Fall River Herald News

Prescription Abuse Summit Notebook: The statistics of opiate addiction
Fall River Herald News
This week, at the National RX Drug Abuse Summit, a slew of statistics have been put forth in several PowerPoint presentations, lectures and discussions of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have described as a national "epidemic

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Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic – Huffington Post

Oklahoma Tackles the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
Huffington Post
Comparatively speaking, there is a much smaller percentage of individuals whom abuse drugs, legal or otherwise. So how could this be? How can unintentional poisoning from drug overdose kill more people than car accidents in at least 29 states? And how …
AG's office taking part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back DayWest Virginia Record

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