Western CT Locations For Prescription Drug Take Back Day
When my mother passed away in 2015, we had try to find a safe way to dispose of hundreds of prescription medication pills. In the wrong hands and mouths, these pills were deadly, and you can t just throw them in the garbage can and walk away. We found through some reading that the suggested disposal method was to dissolve the medication in water in heavy duty plastic bags, so that s what we did. Properly disposing of prescription meds is essential, it helps to prevent accidental overdoses and drug addiction, and a nationwide event is happening this Saturday, April 24, 2021. It s called
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With studies indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, suitcases, backpacks, handbags and kitchen cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is essential. In that spirit, Bulloch Alcohol and Drug Council will hold “National Rx Take Back Day” on Saturday, April 24.
According to a release from the Alcohol and Drug Council, the Council, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, local law enforcement and volunteers will collect medications to prevent misuse, abuse and overdose from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 24 at three locations:
Flyer provided by St. Joseph officials
By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
The City of St. Joseph has seen a steady rise in overdoses in the last few months.
Buchanan County Director of EMS, Steve Groshong says he believes some of the street drugs in the community have been cut with Fentanyl.
“We’ve had a couple overdoses that we found that were heroin overdoses with patients not breathing and the needle’s still stuck in their arm,” Groshong tells St. Joseph Post.
Groshong says oftentimes something tragic has already happened once EMS is called.
To help with this crisis, there are proper ways to dispose of prescriptions you are no longer taking.