Hale emphasized that there are take back drop boxes year round at police stations and sheriff’s office but most people are not aware these exist. These take back events are held twice a year and the spring and summer. These include two Reasor’s grocery stores at 71 st and Sheridan and 41 st and Yale along with a Save-A-Lot located at Pine & Lewis. Hale spoke of what they were seeing with OBN and what OBN was doing to curb the problem with awareness programs and prescription drug take back events, three of which were being held the next day Saturday the 16 th at various locations around Tulsa. Edwin C Yeary II, MD at St John Medical Center. There were three panelist who spoke to the group that included David Hale, Agent in Charge with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Barrett Hesson, MS, LADC/MHC of Palmer Continuum of Care Inc., and Dr. She wants to help people and save lives with her efforts. Evans intends to have a positive impact not only in Oklahoma but throughout the country. Having made exposing the problem with prescription drugs her platform Mrs. He had had 8 leg injuries due to a career ending soccer injury which led to his addiction to narcotic painkillers. Oklahoma 2014 Michelle Evans spoke to the group about how prescription drug abuse has affected her life with the loss of her brother in 2010 from overdose. All prescription drugs are abused which include benzodiazepines, stimulants and opiates with the latter being the main drugs posing the problem. 74115, 74105, 7413 are shown to be more prevalent with prescription drug problems. Matthew Condley with the Tulsa Health Department then gave an overview of CAPSAT and their role in the community combating addiction with education, research and training.Īlthough Tulsa County and the surrounding areas are a concern CAPSAT focuses their efforts on four zip codes primarily due to the overwhelming problem concentrated in these areas. Stevens Ph.D., OSU Center for Health Sciences, and Betsy Graham, Injury Prevention Coordinator and RN with St John Medical Center. The forum was attended by 100 or so treatment and prevention providers in and around Tulsa and kicked off by Dr. Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention in Tulsa County Work to develop city-wide accurate data collection methods and/or systems for capturing usage of non-medical prescription drugs and/or opioid abuse and related crimes.Work to develop access to prevention resources, treatment options, and referrals to treatment for non-medical use of prescription drugs and/or opioid abuse.
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