![]() Jeri Williams Jefe de la Policía |
Departamento de Policía de Oxnard
R. Jason Benites De Scott Whitney |
OXNARD DEPARTAMENTO DE POLICÍA
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
INCIDENTE: | DEA A NIVEL NACIONAL DE MEDICAMENTOS CON RECETA de devolución DÍA EN ABRIL |
FECHA / HORA: | Sábado, Abril 30, 2011/ 10:00 a.m. a 2:00 p.m. |
UBICACIÓN: | Oxnard Police Department – 251 Sur C Street |
PREPARADO POR: | Comandante Andrés Salinas |
PERSONA DE CONTACTO & INFORMACIÓN DE CONTACTO: |
Sarah Pullen, DEA Public Information Officer 213-621-6827 |
DETALLES:
En abril 30, 2011, desde 10 a.m. a 2 p.m., el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard y la Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Se le pide al público a traer sus medicamentos para la disposición en el Departamento de Policía de Oxnard ubicada en 251 Sur C Street. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds—121 tons—of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sitios operados por la DEA y más de 3,000 socios estatales y de aplicación de la ley local.
Esta iniciativa aborda un tema vital para la seguridad pública y la salud pública. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Las tasas de abuso de medicamentos recetados en el U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. en adición, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.
Four days after last fall’s event, El Congreso aprobó la Ley de Eliminación de Drogas Seguro y Responsable de 2010, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them. The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances. DEA se ha iniciado la redacción de los reglamentos para aplicar la Ley.
For additional information pertaining to DEA and prescription drug abuse, visitar www.dea.gov, www.justthinktwice.gov, o www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com.