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"Prescription drugs are the drugs of choice for kids in school..." said Cmdr. Pat Slack of Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force. Rebecca Runyon is now painfully aware of that fact. Read more...
The health district's board of directors and the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office are supporting Senate Bill 5234 to establish a safe drug collection and disposal program funded by the drug manufacturers themselves. Read more...
It's time that every company wraps into its cost of business recycling or safely disposing of the product they produce and profit from - future generations depend upon it. Read more...
It’s easy to see why this proposal is supported by the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs, the Association of Northwest Pharmacies, the Washington Association for Substance Abuse & Violence Prevention, the Washington State Association of Counties and many other groups. They all understand that the best place for unwanted pharmaceuticals is not home medicine cabinets, waiting for crooks or addicts. Read more...
Snohomish County could serve as the model for a proposed drug take-back program designed to save lives statewide, which is why Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick is among those urging citizens to contact their state Legislators to voice their support for it. Read more...
Leftover medications are fueling an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that is killing more Washingtonians than traffic accidents, say drug-addiction experts. Yet pharmaceutical companies have consistently torpedoed efforts here to fund a statewide disposal program for unused drugs. Read more...