DEA Leading Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Backs

DEA leading statewide prescription drug take-backs

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"Prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in our community and we welcome the opportunity to address it by partnering with the DEA on this program," remarked Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. "My office holds similar free "Take Back" events …
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Boulder's Scott Strode nominated for CNN Hero of the Year award

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But when he checked out of the Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation in Aurora several years later, he immediately joined Phoenix Multisport, an active sober community for recovering drug and alcohol addicts, and began indoor rock …
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River Phoenix's final film finished

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Sluizer describes Phoenix, who was tipped for a bright future, as "a slightly fragile person" because of his troubled youth and his drug use. "But he was not in my view self destructive," he says. "From my feeling, it was absolutely an accident that …
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Moran's News Commentary: September is National Recovery Month

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With more than 20 million people in recovery from substance abuse disorders, National Recovery Month provides an opportunity to learn about the impact of mental illness on the United States and the efforts millions have made to overcome their disease …
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Subject: [e-drug] Response to recent prescription drug abuse reports significance of pharmaceutical misuse or abuse leading to emergency room visits and levels of drug abuse across the country medicine "take-backs", as Mid Coast Hospital in Maine recently did. … Read Full Source

NEWSLETTER / PRESS RELEASE – City Of Florissant
Has joined forces with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) along with other government, community, public health and law enforcement partners to participate in a nationwide prescription drug "Take-Back alarming rates in America today, leading to statewide take-back program that took in over … Access This Document

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Substances must be handled and which is enforced by the Drug Enforcement Administration statewide take-back program that took in over 9,000 pounds of pharmaceuticals. prescription drug abuse includes increasing the number of take-back programs like this one in … View This Document

A West Virginia Summit On Prescription Drug Abuse: Report And …
Treatment and use of the state’s prescription drug monitoring program. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin highlighted the need for a statewide when implementing prescription drug take backs National Prescription Drug Take Back Initiatives, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (www.nationaltakebackday … Visit Document