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Prescription Drug Take back event

4/24/2018

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      On Saturday, April 28, 2018, from 10 AM – 2 PM, the Arkadelphia Police Department and Clark County Sheriff’s Office are co-hosting a prescription drug drop-off point as part of Arkansas’s 15th Prescription Drug Take Back Event.  The take back location will be at 4th & Clay, directly in front of the Clark County Courthouse.  Chief Jason Jackson and Sheriff Jason Watson will be at this location to collect your unused prescription medications and safely turn them over to the Drug Enforcement Agency.  The collection point will operate as part of the statewide initiative to combat prescription drug abuse.  Please consider that prescription drug abuse often starts within the home through family members or friends taking medications that are unattended by the prescribed patient without their knowledge.  If you cannot make it to the take back event there are secure drop boxes at both agencies in the lobby, available 7 days a week.    

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Today, we asking for your help and assistance in combating drug abuse, misuse, and addiction that we face in Arkansas. More specifically, we are asking for your help in promoting the drug disposal event scheduled for April 28, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Arkansas Partners Drug Takeback are requesting your help in promoting this event by utilizing posters, flyers, auxiliary labels and patient interactions. Please let them know about our Monitor, Secure and Dispose approach, which begins with proper disposal of unused and unneeded medications. Proper disposal of these unused medications from homes is the first step in preventing protecting our children, neighbors, and misuse.
 
Our focus today is to educate people about the artakeback.org website. The website provides information about take back, drug abuse education, and other resources.  We will continue to improve the website by adding more information for healthcare professionals and the public. For this rollout, we are trying a novel idea that we believe is the first in the nation: Affixing auxiliary labels to the patient’s prescription. The auxiliary label provides direct message:
 

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Arkansas State Drug Director Kirk Lane and the State Board of Pharmacy have collaborated with Smith Drug Company in developing these auxiliary labels. Pharmacies throughout Arkansas can be part of the solution by simply affixing a label on the prescription, which will introduce patients to the website.   Additional patient counseling will re-emphasize the risk of misuse of prescription drugs and provide an opportunity for dialogue.  The website provides additional information about the resources available from education to treatment options for people seeking help.
 
It is our hope that all Arkansas’ pharmacists will take a lead is solving this epidemic facing our country. This website will better educate the public and protect our children. Simply put,
Labels Save Lives, and we are hoping to get a label on at least one prescription for each patient’s prescriptions. We are also hoping that you will take this opportunity to share additional information about risk and proper destruction of unused medication.  Patients can safely dispose of their unused medication at nearly 200 permanent drop boxes around the state, or they can dispose their unused medications on April 28, 2018, the National Takeback Day. All medications returned will be incinerated in accordance with the EPA’s rules and regulations. Help your community in leading this charge!

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Saturday, April 28th

10:00 – 2:00
 
Arkansas’s 15th  Prescription Drug Take Back Event

 
 
Family and friends are the main source of abused prescription drugs.
 
Return your expired or unneeded medications.
 
To find a drop box near you, visit www.artakeback.org 
 

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Saturday, April 28th
 10:00 – 2:00
 Arkansas’s 15th Prescription Drug Take Back Event

 
 Family and friends are the main source of abused prescription drugs.
Return your expired or unneeded medications.
To find a drop box near you, visit www.artakeback.org 

 

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 Saturday, April 28th
 
10:00 – 2:00
 
Arkansas’s 15th Prescription Drug Take Back Event

 
 
Family and friends are the main source of abused prescription drugs.
 
Return your expired or unneeded medications.
 
To find a drop box near you, visit www.artakeback.org

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