OETA Story on Rx Pills Take Back Aired on 07/09/10
OETA Story on Rx Pills Take Back aired on 07/09/10 – Thisstory aired on the ONR on OETA-The Oklahoma Network. The reporter is Angela Rosecrans; photojournalist is Edwin Wilson. For more information, go to the ONR web site www.news.oeta.tv and ONR blog blog.oeta.tv For more about OETA-The Oklahoma Network, visit www.oeta.tv PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE IS A GROWING EPIDEMIC IN OKLAHOMA. HOLDING ONTO OUTDATED DRUGS CAN NOT ONLY CONTRIBUTE TO THIS PROBLEM BUT IT CAN ALSO BE DANGERSOUS FOR OTHER REASONS. OETA’S ANGELA ROSECRANS EXPLAINS.
Pot opponents regroup following Wash., Colo. votes
Filed under: Drug Abuse Oklahoma
Sharon Levy, chairwoman of the American Academy of Pediatrics committee on substance abuse, said she joined the Project SAM board because "we're losing the public health battle" and policy is being made by legalization advocates who might be …
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Why my house is gun-less
Filed under: Drug Abuse Oklahoma
OKC's police chief attributed most of them to drug dealers and gangs. Oklahoma recently passed a universal weapons carry law where any citizen can openly carry a firearm. There are no reports of anyone abusing that yet or a breakout of the OK Corral.
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