Residents of St. Louis County Help Combat Opioid Addiction by Resuming the Day of Prescription

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO – Saturday, as part of National Prescription Drug Resumption Day, law enforcement agencies across the country, at the national and local levels, as well as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) encouraged residents to help them obtain unwanted and unused prescriptions. get out of their wardrobes and the street by dropping them in designated bins at their local neighborhood.

Douglas Anders of St. Louis County said his fight against cancer has earned him several prescription drugs. Many things he could not finish or had expired.

"I did not want it to hang around, so I heard about this program and decided it was better here than at home," said Anders.

"I think it's unfortunate that people are addicted to drugs," he said. "We want it not to be easily accessible. So, if everyone returns their extra drug, we would have less problem. "

In an effort to address the widespread and increasing dependence on opioids and overdose deaths, the St. Louis County Police Department has dedicated 12 sites where anyone with unused and unwanted prescription drugs can deposit them. in a cardboard box, without asking questions.

"It's a daily problem," Constable McCrary said in the Jennings Ward. "I see overdoses of calls at least two, three times a week."

According to the DEA website earlier this year, it had collected and destroyed nearly a million pounds and nearly 475 tonnes of potentially dangerous, outdated, unwanted and unwanted prescription drugs.

"It's safer for the community because these drugs do not fall into the wrong hands and do not end up in our streams, that's when people try to empty them," McCrary said.

Meanwhile, Anders said that he cared about his community and wanted to contribute to his safety by encouraging other people to dispose of their unwanted medications the right way.

"This may encourage them to look at their own situation and their own supply of drugs if they have drugs in front of their house, it is better to participate and make them," said Anders.

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