Major Crimes Apprehension Team (MCAT) K9 Officer Flores, with assistance from MCAT Officer William Murray took back more than 50 pounds of returned prescription drugs—either outdated, expired, unused or unwanted—during Saturday's (June 11) Community Health Fair at Summit Healthcare in Show Low. Hosted by Navajo County Drug Project,
(Photo by Officer Bill Murray)
The Next drug take-back, in conjunction with Young Marine,s will be 11am-2pm, April 21 at Wal-Mart, Show Low.
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According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, every day, 2,500 kids age 12-17 abuse a prescription painkiller for the first time and more people are getting addicted to prescription drugs. Drug treatment admissions for prescription painkillers increased more than 300 percent from 1995 to 2005. Teens are abusing prescription drugs because many believe the myth that these drugs provide a "safe" high. Especially troubling is that the majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs say they are easy to get and are often free.
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