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Rise in drug
use seen locally, youth worker says...
4/8/2010 - West Side
Leader
GREATER AKRON —
Marcie Mason is seeing a trend that disturbs her.
The Copley resident is a licensed social worker who has been
a youth worker with the Copley and Bath police departments
for 27 years. She said she is seeing a significant increase
in the number of young people charged with drug offenses in
the two communities.
Copley, Bath parents
form
support group.
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Going Green & Clean
The Bath Township
Trustees are pleased to offer the Bath Township community
the opportunity to safeguard our young adults and protect
the local environment by using the “Going Green & Clean”
drug disposal box in the Bath Center parking lot.
The Going Green & Clean box
provides a safe method for the disposal of expired or
unwanted prescription medicines. Improper disposal of
medicines presents both a public safety and environmental
hazard.
Prescription drug abuse by teens
and young adults is a serious problem in the United States.
As reported in the Partnership for a Drug Free America’s
annual tracking study:
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1 in 5 teens has abused a prescription
pain medication
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1 in 5 report abusing prescription
stimulants and tranquilizers
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1 in 10 has abused cough medication.
The environment is also being
damaged by unused medicines. Medicines thrown into the
trash can leach into the ground; flushed drugs can kill
bacteria that break down waste in sewage plants, damage
septic systems, and contaminate nearby waterways and harm
aquatic wildlife.
A 2008 Associated Press
investigation found pharmaceuticals in the drinking water
supplies of at least 41 million Americans. Drugs have been
detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major
metropolitan areas.
Bath residents have the power to
prevent teens from drug abuse and improve the cleanliness of
our water. Take unused and unwanted prescription and
non-prescription medicine to the Bath Police Department
parking lot at 3864 West Bath Road. Keep medications in
original bottles or packaging if possible. Mark out your
name and address on the prescription medicines. Drop these
items into the secure green box marked “Going Green &
Clean”.
The Bath Police Department will
ensure these unwanted drugs are incinerated as part of the
ecological and safe disposal protocol. Together we will
keep Bath safe!
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