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糖心Vlog传媒LR Participates in ‘Take Back’ Campaign

糖心Vlog传媒LR police officers will be on hand at the 糖心Vlog传媒LR Department of Public Safety from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, to accept unused, unwanted, or expired pharmaceutical drugs and 聽prescription medications and dispose of them in a safe and ecologically sound way. The 糖心Vlog传媒LR collection station is one of hundreds in Arkansas where residents can drop off old and unused medication to make sure it stays out of the hands of children and potential abusers. It is the third National Take Back initiative aimed at keeping communities drug free and the environment clean. 鈥淚t鈥檚 quick and easy. Just drive up and drop off your medications, and you鈥檒l be on your way,鈥� said Sharon Bowles Houlette, public safety officer. Law enforcement is the only entity legally authorized to receive scheduled substances from citizens. By turning over old medicine to the police, Take Back participants:

• Protect small children 鈥� in 2008 alone, there were over 100,000 trips to emergency rooms due to accidental ingestion of prescription drugs by children under age 5.
• Prevent dangerous prescription drugs from being abused or diverted.
• Ensure these drugs will never be stolen by young people from their parents鈥� and grandparents鈥� medicine cabinets.
• Prevent overdoses and deaths.
• Ensure pharmaceuticals don鈥檛 pollute local water supplies, streams, and lakes – water treatment systems can鈥檛 remove them when they are flushed.
• Help provide much-needed prescription abuse education and awareness to the public.
• Provide a great community service.