DelawareLive April 14

DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – April 14, 2024

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: State moves to control hospital budgets to lower health costs Longwood’s tulips will hit peak bloom now through next week Could Congress hinder future Middletown pharma campus? Environmental bill would ban six-pack plastic rings in 2025 William Penn, Del Tech launch pathway to expand nursing pipeline Smyrna’s Dixon takes down No. 9 Gators Click on the …

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Drug Take Back Day: Free, responsible disposal system

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

Delawareans can discard their expired or unused medications at locations statewide between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, during the 26th national Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The biannual event, aimed at reducing the risk of prescription medications being diverted for misuse, has collected nearly 120,000 pounds of medications in Delaware since 2010. IN THE NEWS: William Penn, …

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Time to trash expired meds and reduce drug overdose deaths

Ken MammarellaHealth, Government, Headlines

With Delaware’s 25th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day coming up Saturday, Oct. 28, the state says it sees signs that discarding expired or unused medication is one arrow in its arsenal to reducing addiction and deaths from drug overdoses. Among other things, the Delaware Division of Public Health pointed to: Delaware has dropped in the ranking of overdose deaths per capita. …

Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is Saturday

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines, Health

Delaware will hold its 21st Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday. (Photo by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on Unsplash) Delawareans looking to discard expired or unused medications can drop them off at locations around the state thanks to a collaboration between the Delaware Division of Public Health and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. Dropoff locations will accept medications Saturday, Oct. 23 between …