33,000 prescription pills collected in Conway
This article was published June 14, 2010 at 12:44 p.m.
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Authorities in Conway collected more than 33,000 prescription pills during an event Saturday.
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LITTLE ROCK — Authorities in Conway collected more than 33,000 prescription pills during an event aimed at keeping the drugs from reaching abusers, police said Monday.
The Conway Police Department and the Conway Regional Medical Center co-hosted the Drug Take-Back Saturday, offering area residents two drop-off sites to safely get rid of unneeded or leftover prescription medicines.
Officials were hoping to receive 20,00 prescription pills but ended up with 33,782. More than 10,000 non-prescription pills were also dropped off.
Arkansas is consistently ranked among the top 10 states with the highest rate of non-medical use of pain relievers by teenagers, Conway Police Department spokesman Chris Harris said in a statement.
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cckswoop says... June 14, 2010 at 1:21 p.m.
What a toxic cocktail! I glad they weren't flushed. We don't need all those in the water system.
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Respectoneanother says... June 14, 2010 at 2:19 p.m.
It is good that these meds are in a safe place. Teens are abusing persciption meds and parents need to be aware of what they have in their homes. Mixing drugs is a very serious problem with deadly consequences.
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smartbluedoberman_yahoo.com says... June 14, 2010 at 4:01 p.m.
After the death of a relative last year, we discovered she had a boatload of RX's laying around the house. The coroner said flush them, a call to my Wally-World pharmacist said don't flush but did not know what else to do with them. Any suggestions? Maybe the state could start a program to get rid of this stuff without endangering the rest of us, perhaps send to the incinerator at PB arsnal?
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OldMan says... June 14, 2010 at 4:06 p.m.
Great job. Folloing the city of Benton's program. It works.
Lives are saved. Thank you Conway for your actions.
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jaymac says... June 14, 2010 at 9:01 p.m.
Let's have regular collection days set up every month or supply a drop point that is available for anyone on any day.
How about a site at Conway Regional. Or, maybe the free clinic would like the extra publicity and could use some of the unopened prescriptions.
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