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In This Issue
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National Take Back
Initiative
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GOT DRUGS!!!
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Safely clean out your
medicine cabinet |
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Today, the medicine
cabinet is a source of
advertant and
inadvertant prescription
drug deaths. Many people
think that because they
are prescription drugs,
they are safe, but in
the wrong hands, they
can be deadly.
Clean out your medicine
cabinet, SAFELY
Find a safe Disposal
Center near you |
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US Department of Justice
Drug Enforcement Agency
Office of Diversion
Control |
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Unused and
expired
drugs may
pose a
danger to
society |
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More than seven
million
Americans
currently abuse
prescription
drugs, according
to the 2009
Substance
Abuse and Mental
Health Services
Administration's
National Survey
on Drug Use and
Health. Each
day,
approximately,
2,500 teens use
prescription
drugs to get
high for the
first time
according to the
Partnership for
a Drug Free
America. Studies
show that a
majority of
abused
prescription
drugs are
obtained from
family and
friends,
including the
home medicine
cabinet. |
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GOT DRUGS!!!! |
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National Take
Back Initiative
TURN IN YOUR
UNUSED OR
EXPIRED
MEDICATIONS
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 29TH
10:00am-2:00pm
DEA has
scheduled
another
National
Prescription
Drug Take Back
Day
on Saturday,
October 29,
2011, from 10:00
am - 2:00 pm. to
provide a venue
for persons who
want to dispose
of unwanted and
unused
prescription
drugs.
DEA in
conjunction with
state and local
law enforcement
agencies
throughout the
United States
conducted
National
Prescription
Drug Take Back
Days on
Saturday,
September 25,
2010 and April
25, 2011.
Nearly, 4,000
state and local
law enforcement
agencies
throughout the
nation
participated in
these events,
collecting more
than 309 tons of
pills. |
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Help Stop the
Prescription
Drug Epidemic |
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As the mother of
two teenagers, I
have a genuine
concern
regarding our
current
prescription
drug epidemic.
Pinellas County
and Hillsborough
County are some
of the leading
areas of
prescription
drug deaths.
Help keep our
community safe
by emptying out
your medicine
cabinet of
unused or
expired drugs.
Find a Disposal
Center near you
Sincerely,
Lynne Carr
Columbus D.O.
President, Gulf
Coast Pain
Management |
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