opioid epidemic
The Rochester City Council could consider plans at its Tuesday meeting for neighborhood ambassador programs in the Monroe and Lyell Avenue areas to fight opioid epidemic & homelessness. MC Collaborative would cover the rollout of the one-year pilot program on Monroe Avenue, and Cameron Community would implement it on Lyell Avenue. Both organizations would get $125,000 each […]
If you have expired, unused, or unwanted prescriptions you can dispose of them this Saturday. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday. The DEA says the day is set up to help combat the drug overdose epidemic across the country. The DEA also says the prescription drug take-back day can help reduce drug-related […]
UMRC and the New York State Police collaborated over the weekend for the annual “Drug take back day”. It was reported that there were over 50 bags of unused drugs collected at the event. The main focus was to get as many unused prescription drugs off the street as possible. https://www.whec.com/top-news/drug-take-back-day-people-across-the-city-dropped-off-their-unused-prescription-drugs/
Reports are saying county morgues are almost full and running out of space due the rise of fentanyl overdoses. The NY Post shows there were about 63,000 deaths related to fentanyl overdoses and making it difficult for Corners offices across the country to store bodies. Some corner offices had to increase their budget to keep up […]
Monroe County’s Department of Environmental Services (DES) is partnering with Wegmans and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office to hold pharmaceutical waste collections to encourage proper disposal of prescription medications.
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