The
Putnam County Communities That Care Coalition, in collaboration with the Putnam
County Health Department and Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, will be
holding a Fall Medication Take Back Event at Putnam Hospital Center (PHC) on the rescheduled date of Saturday, November
17, 2012. This postponement took place due to the recovery process related to
Hurricane Sandy.
To
help combat this growing threat to our nation’s children Putnam Hospital Center
will host the event on Saturday, November 17, 2012. The disposal hours are
between 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Please enter through the PHC Wagner Cancer Pavilion entrance. Signage will be
posted leading to the disposal area. Individuals can dispose of prescription
medication, over the counter medication, and pet medication. Syringes will NOT
be accepted. Please keep all medications in their original packaging and remove
personal patient information. Here are
some steps you can take to prevent the misuse of prescription and over the
counter medicine:
·
Take
inventory of your prescription and over-the-counter medicine.
·
Lock
your medicine chest.
·
Dispose
of your unused, unwanted, and expired medicine in your home or at a proper
disposal site
·
Take
your medicine(s) exactly as prescribed.
·
Talk
to your children about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
The
most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows prescription medicines
to be the most abused drugs by Americans, other than marijuana and found that 70% of people who abuse prescription pain relievers say
they got them from friends or relatives. A
recent study on drug use by of teens by the Partnership for a Drug Free
America (PDFA) found that one in 9 children are abusing prescription pain
relievers to get high.
For more
information, please call Mary Rice of the Putnam County Health Department at
(845) 808- 1390 ext. 43164 or Elaine Santos of the Putnam County Communities
That Care Coalition at (845) 225-4646.
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