CNN: Battling prescription drug abuse

Published May 25, 2013

CNN: Battling prescription drug abuse – HLN’s Dr. Drew Pinsky and guests talk about the fight against prescription drug addiction.

Peoria County tests drug collection

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PEORIA HEIGHTS — The Peoria County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition next week is testing a prescription drug disposal program that could grow depending on its success. A drop-off area for unused or expired prescription drugs will be set up from …
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Prescription Drug Take Back Drive nets 1130 pounds of drugs

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A widespread effort to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs, 663 pounds were collected in Wyandotte County, a 93 percent increase …
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Heroin Task Force presents first public forum on prescription drug abuse

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The heart-wrenching story of a school principal who lost his son to drugs and the first-person story of a woman's heroin addiction gripped the attention of parents attending the first Community Forum on Prescription Drug Abuse presented by the Delaware …
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