The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.
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Apr
16
Drug take back day is April 28
Sep
20
Card Helps Local residents Save $675,000
Hamilton County residents have saved more than $675,000 with a discount card for prescription drugs that we introduced in January 2009. That is a pretty hefty amount. Yet, we are seeing usage drop. The card has been used to make …
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27
Discount Prescription Drug Program Flourishes
In two years, Hamilton County’s discount card for presciption drugs has been used by more than 17,000 people to buy 40,000 prescriptions. Those people have saved an average of $9.85 per purchase — a grand total of more than $394,000 …
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23
Prescription Drug Discount Card Helping County Residents
Our new prescription drug discount drug card program is rolling along. A record number of users purchased prescriptions with the card in September, saving more than $16,000. Last month, 764 users purchased 996 prescriptions with the card, saving an average …
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