COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Sheriff Gary Schaffer announced that over 58 pounds of outdated and unused prescription drugs were turned over to the Cape May County Sheriff’s Office this past weekend during the American Medical Chest Challenge.
The American Medicine Chest Challenge is a community based public health initiative, with law enforcement partnership, designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug abuse and provide a nationwide day of disposal of unused, unwanted and expired medicine that was held on Nov. 12, 2011 in communities across the country.
“Prescription drug abuse is a problem in our country,” Sheriff Schaffer said. “The 2007 National Study of Drug Use and Health found that 70% of people who abuse prescription pain relievers indicated they got them from friends or relatives, and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that upwards of 9 million people use prescription medication for non-medical uses.”
Sheriff Schaffer suggests the following:
• Take inventory of your prescription and over-the-counter medicine
• Secure your medicine. Please visit OTCsafety.org for more information
• Dispose of your unused, unwanted, and expired medicine in your home at an American Medicine Chest Challenge
Disposal site
• Take your medicine(s) exactly as prescribed
• Talk to your children about the dangers of prescription drug abuse… they are listening.
For tips visit The Partnership at DrugFree.Org, and StopMedicinceAbuse.com
“I want to thank all the residents that participated by turning in their outdated and unused prescription drugs. This small step goes a long way in helping prevent prescription drug abuse and I encourage all residents to participate in future events such as this,” Sheriff Schaffer added.
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