Prescription Drug Use & What You Can Do

PRESCRIPTION DRUG USE AND WHAT YOU CAN DO

      Over-the-counter and prescription drug misuse and abuse is a problem in Fountain County. Fountain County Local Coordinating Council along with local law enforcement joins a nationwide effort to combat prescription drug abuse. It is estimated that 48 million people – about 20 percent of the U.S. population – have used prescription drugs illegally. Prescription drugs are abused more frequently than illegal drugs and the most common item stolen from a home is prescription medication.
    
     The Fountain County Sheriff’s Department will be at the 2012 Senior Celebration with the mobile drug box on Tuesday, April 24th from 10 am to 1 pm. If you have expired medications or unused prescriptions, you may bring them to the 4-H grounds for them to be disposed of.
        
     If you have any questions about the disposal box or location, please contact the Fountain County Sheriff’s Department at 765-793-3545 or email Connie at csanders@fountainco.net.

     For more information about the Fountain Co. Local Coordinating Council (Drug Free Coalition) please contact Kathy Walker at 793-4881 or kwalker@capwi.org. The mission of the coalition is to improve the quality of life in Fountain County by creating county-wide awareness of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) issues and reducing abuse of and dependency on these substances through prevention/education, treatment/intervention, and criminal justice.