Prescription drug disposal event
Cache County, Utah – Families in Cache County will have an opportunity to drop off their unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs at the “Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet” community medication take-back event at the Providence Macey’s on July 31st, from 9am to Noon.
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Giving Kids Booze, Medicines Can Be Child Abuse
Parents’ motives range from punishment or sedation to amusement, research suggests.
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Drugging children: an under-recognized form of abuse?
The misuse of pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter medications and other types of drugs and alcohol on children should be considered a form of child abuse on par with neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse, concludes Dr. Shan Yin in a study published this week in the Journal of Pediatrics. Yin, of the University of Colorado and […]
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