DEA hosts take-back day for prescription drugs
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has declared October 28th as National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to address what it calls a crucial public safety and public health...
Tag : prescription drugs
“Not one more.” One father’s campaign to stop overdose stems from personal tragedy
by Jared Bounds
Jeff Moore passed away on April 6, 2015. His father, James, found him on the couch. Jeff had overdosed on heroin. He was 24 years...
12 arrested in central MS prescription pill bust
by Jared Bounds
“In the past 4 years, 85% of overdose cases in the state of MS were related to opioids.” Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director John Dowdy...
Governor’s special opioid task force warns of addiction waiting in the medicine cabinet
by Jared Bounds
Prescription drugs are eroding lives around the country. Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director John Dowdy says the perception of the drugs is what’s fueling the...
Grant awarded to Mississippi to improve pharmaceutical crimes
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Mississippi Board of pharmacy has received a $352,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the states prescription drug monitoring...
Doctor trading prescriptions for escort services
by Sarah Ulmer
GULFPORT, Miss. – An Ocean Springs physician has been charged with illegally trading prescriptions for escort services. ...