14 Apr The Leftovers in Your Home That Can Kill
Make Our Community Safer: Take Part in Prescription Drug Take Back Days
Rogers County Volunteers for Youth is hosting two take back events in April in conjunction with the DEA’s National Rx Take Back Days so people can safely dispose of unneeded and expired medications making homes safer from drug theft and abuse. People living outside of Rogers County are welcome to participate.
Rogers County Prescription Take Back Events
April 19- Foyil Community Center noon to 1 pm
The first 50 people to drop off prescription medications will receive a $10 gift card
April 23- Oologah, Corner of Highways 88 & 169, 9 am-12 pm
The first 50 people to drop off prescription medications will receive a $10 gift card
Oklahoma is among a dozen states where youth drug overdose death rate has tripled in the past decade. Oklahoma is also above the national average for number taking prescription pain killers.
Most drug overdose deaths in Oklahoma involve at least one prescription drug.
Medicines in the home are a leading cause of accidental poisoning.
More than half the teens abusing medicines get them from a family member, friend or simply take them out of the medicine cabinet.
From 2010-2014 63 Rogers County residents died from prescription pain medication overdoses.
Another 83 people suffered non-fatal overdoses from the same medications.
Meds can also be dropped off at these locations year-round:
Rogers County Sheriff Department
Claremore Police Department
Catoosa Police Department
Inola Police Department
Chelsea Police Department
Additionally here is a list of medication drop-off locations across Oklahoma:
https://www.ok.gov/obndd/documents/TakeBackBoxes.pdf
Protect your family
| Inventory your medicines, keep track of what you have and how many | |
| Properly dispose of the medicines you no longer need | |
| Safely store the medicines you use by keeping them out of reach. Store medicines in a locked cabinet or medicine lock box | |
| Always use the child-resistant medicine cap – and remember child-resistant caps are NOT childproof. | |
| Offer visitors a safe place to keep their medicines out of reach – in a locked cabinet, locked drawer or medicine lock box. | |
|
To learn more, contact Amy Graham amy.g@volunteersforyouth.com
Rogers County Volunteers for Youth-Partnership for Success, www.volunteersforyouth.com The Cherokee Nation SPF-PFS CAN project funded through a federal Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnership for Success (SPF-PFS) Grant |
No Comments