
Combating the Opioid Crisis Through Safe Drug Disposal
Posted March 21st, 2018
Christina Bach, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C
In October 2017 the opioid crisis was declared a “public health emergency.” In the US, more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs and in 2016, some 56,000 people died as a result of prescription drug overdose. As much as 1/3 of all prescription opioid medications go unused and are often sitting, unsecured, in kitchen […]