by RxSafe Marin | Dec 17, 2019 | News, Opioid Epidemic
Redwood High’s Morgan Salzer has put together an informative and defiant piece in their school paper in response to the death of a former student, Trevor Leopold. While deaths and overdoses from prescription pills have fallen in recent years due to various efforts of...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 29, 2019 | Opioid Epidemic, Outreach
The next National Prescription Drug Take Back-Day will be April 25, 2020. National Take-Back Day is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs. The October 2019 Take Back Day brought in 882,919 pounds (almost 442...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 20, 2019 | California, Opioid Epidemic
In September the California Department of Public Health announced that it would be allocating up to $1.5 million dollars annually to organizations that receive approval through their application process. The term of the grant is expected to be 32 months and is...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 18, 2019 | Opioid Epidemic, Outreach
Many in the community may already be aware of the scourge Fentanyl has become. This synthetic opioid is more deadly than any other opioid and is the poster child for this third wave of America’s Opioid Epidemic. Knowledge is power. RxSafe Marin is encouraging...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 15, 2019 | Events, Opioid Epidemic
Thank you to the hundreds of parents, students and community members who joined us at Dominican University of California and livestream locations throughout Marin on October 16, 2019. We were greatly honored to co-sponsor this important conversation with Nic and David...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 4, 2019 | Opioid Epidemic
Access the Dashboard HERE Both the number of prescriptions filled per 1,000 residents and the morphine milligram equivalent (MME) per resident per year decreased since 2010. These decreases reflect a decline in the number of prescriptions per person or in pills per...
