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Tennesseans Drop Off More Than 10 Tons of Pills During Spring Take-Back Event

June 1, 2018 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Tennessee collected an impressive 20,590 pounds of prescription drugs during the DEA’s 15th annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28. For Count It! Lock It! Drop It! those statistics continue to indicate that its efforts are paying off. CLD is a community program for prescription drug misuse that works to raise awareness about […]

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‘Drug Take Back Day’ nets almost 700 pounds of meds in Nashville area

April 28, 2018 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

April 28, 2018 Sandy Mazza Some arrived with tote bags full of opioids, sleeping pills, anti-depressants and other potentially dangerous medications. All together, authorities collected nearly 700 pounds of painkillers and other medications across the greater Nashville area during Saturday’s “Count it! Lock it! Drop it!” collection event on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Among the […]

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Miss Tennessee uses personal tragedy to help fight opioid crisis

March 23, 2018 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

March 20, 2018 WKRN Staff NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – On Tuesday, Miss Tennessee took her tiara and her passion for the “Count it, Lock it, Drop it” initiative to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Caty Davis, who was crowned Miss Tennessee in 2017, lost her brother and father to opioid abuse and addiction. She’s since turned […]

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Tennesseans participate in latest nationwide effort to fight opioid crisis

November 1, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Joel Ebert October 28, 2017  Inspired after attending a conference about pain management and opioid stewardship, Jeffrey Hodrick, an orthopedic surgeon with the Southern Joint Replacement Institute, decided to do something about the ongoing opioid crisis that has impacted Tennessee. After approaching administrators at TriStar Centennial Medical Center, Hodrick and others at his practice and the […]

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Oct. 28

October 6, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Oct. 28

Do you have unused or expired prescriptions in your home? Keep them out of the wrong hands by attending a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event. On Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, Tennesseans will have the opportunity to dispose of their unused or expired prescriptions at one of more than 100 locations across the state. This […]

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day by the Numbers

June 14, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day by the Numbers

On Saturday, April 19, Tennesseans did their part to prevent prescription drug misuse by dropping off their expired and unwanted prescription pills at take-back events across the state. If you attended a take-back event on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, you might be wondering how many pounds of pills were collected. The Tennessean recently released […]

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15 tons of pills collected during statewide drug take-back event

May 30, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Jessica Bliss  May 28, 2017 More than 15 tons of drugs were collected statewide at the most recent DEA take-back event, setting a new record. The total, 5 tons more than last year, marks the continuation of a Tennessee effort to address the opioid epidemic that plagues the state. A new report from the Tennessee […]

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Thousands of pills collected during drug take-back day

May 1, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Adam Tamburin April 29, 2017 Middle Tennesseans got rid of thousands of unused prescription pills Saturday when national, state and local agencies teamed up to host the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The bi-annual effort to dispose of controlled substances has taken on added significance in the shadow of a deadly epidemic of opioid abuse. […]

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How to fight opioid abuse by trashing old medicine

April 28, 2017 By Alex Windings 1 Comment

Adam Tamburin  April 27, 2017 Middle Tennesseans will get a chance to unload their old prescriptions Saturday when pharmacies across the area participate in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The bi-annual event, which is supported by the Drug Enforcement Administration nationally and the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation, has taken on added significance […]

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Highlighting National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

April 27, 2017 By Alex Windings Leave a Comment

Dr. Andrea Willis  April 26, 2017 Prescription Drug Take-Back Day We see the impact of opioid abuse daily. We see it on the faces of family members and friends who are desperate to help their children struggling with addiction. We see it on the faces of co-workers who have lost family members to a drug […]

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