A Minute With Jay: Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse

Published October 22, 2013

A Minute with Jay: Fighting Prescription Drug Abuse – This week’s 1 minute video is on the importance of tackling prescription drug abuse in West Virginia. With one of the highest rates of prescription drug over…

Local agencies participate in prescription drug drop-off

Filed under: prescription drug abuse

In a continued effort to remove prescription drugs from the streets, several local agencies are participating in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Seventh Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, people can …
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Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined

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More people are dying in the United States from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more oversight and …
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Rochester Police to Accept Unwanted Prescription Drugs on Saturday

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Rochester Police to Accept Unwanted Prescription Drugs on Saturday. Citizens can bring unwanted prescription drugs to the Rochester Police Department on Saturday, Oct. 26—no questions asked. Posted by John McKay (Editor) , October 21, 2013 at 02:38 …
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