Glenpool Prescription Drug Drop Off Underway

Published May 4, 2013

Glenpool prescription drug drop off underway

Filed under: prescription drug addiction

Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in Oklahoma and one community is working to make sure drugs don't end up in the wrong hands. As of 1:30 Friday afternoon, there is now a metal container located in the lobby of the Glenpool …
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Prescription drug panel offers proposals to fight abuse – Delaware Newszap

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DOVER — State officials gathered at Heritage Assisted Living in Dover on Monday to announce recommendations to prevent prescription drug abuse. In 2009, the state had the ninth highest drug overdose rate in the country. Delaware is the fifth highest …
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Prescription–Drug Abuse: Encourage Array Of Efforts

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The Florida Legislature is considering bills that would improve state laws aimed at curbing prescription-drug abuse. Many of the proposed changes are worthwhile and welcome, but they should not come at the expense of local ordinances that currently and …
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Senate Passes Measures to Combat Presdcription Drug Fraud and Abuse

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“Prescription drug abuse and overdose death from prescription pain killers are at a crisis stage in New York and nationwide,” said Senator Kemp Hannon (R-Nassau). “My legislation will combat the new problem of using stolen blank official prescription …
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