Monthly Archive for: ‘October, 2013’
Speaker Series – Ed Storti
Pasadena Recovery Center Speaker Series Welcomes- Ed Storti, Tuesday November 12, 2013, 12 noon
Hosted By Mackenzie Phillips
National Take-Back Initiative
National Take-Back Initiative
October 26, 2013 – 10AM to 2PM
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
Bob Forrest – Running With Monsters
Bob Forrest – Running With Monsters – Speaker Series
Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
By The Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 7:02 EDT
A new study shows that deaths from prescription drug overdoses have quadrupled during the past decade, suggesting that a stronger response is needed.
Deaths involving prescription pills have quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, according to a report released Monday by Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit organization in Washington that studies health policy. About 6.1 million people abuse prescription pills, and overdose deaths have at least doubled in 29 states, where they now exceed vehicle-related deaths. In 10 of those states, rates tripled; in four of them, they quadrupled.
October is National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month!
October is National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month.
Did you know: 1 in 4 teens reports having misused or abused a prescription drug once in their lifetime?
Want to help #EndMedicineAbuse? Start by taking The Pledge. By signing The Pledge, you are making strides toward ending this epidemic by agreeing to safeguard the medicines in your home and to have conversations with the teens in your life about medicine abuse.
Join the thousands who have pledged to make a difference and add your name today.
