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Teen medicine addiction often starts at home. Each day in America, 6,000 teenagers are using prescription drugs to get high for the first time, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says. Read more...
According to the DEA, 2,500 teens experiment with drugs by taken from the medicine cabinet. Some of these experiments lead to a life-long addiction. The DEA, recognizing the great need for households to rid their homes of unwanted medicines is sponsoring a one-day take-back day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 25th. Read more... Read more...
DEA one-day take back in response to increased crime related to medicines in people's homes and accidental deaths from medicines. Read more...
Prescription drugs are now involved in most drug deaths in Washington, and one easy place to find them is the home medicine cabinet. U.S. DEA is offering a one-day take back event to collect these unwanted medicines on September 25th. Read more... Read more...