by RxSafe Marin | Mar 30, 2019 | California, Opioid Epidemic
Marin has joined a statewide learning collaborative, funded by the Department of Healthcare Services, to advance opioid addiction treatment in jails. Led by Dr. Jeff Devido, Marin County Chief of Addiction, the Marin team is supporting the RxSafe Marin goal to...
by RxSafe Marin | Mar 18, 2019 | Events, Opioid Epidemic
Saturday, March 23, 2019 1:00pm – 3:00pm Marin County Office of Education 1111 Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael, CA America’s prescription drug and illegal opioid overdose crisis, including fentanyl, is affecting almost every community in Marin County. Join us to...
by RxSafe Marin | Mar 1, 2019 | California, Events, Opioid Epidemic
Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month was established through legislation sponsored by California State Senator Mark DeSaulnier and signed by Governor Brown in 2013. The designation of March as Prescription Drug Abuse Awareness Month provides the opportunity to...
by RxSafe Marin | Jan 23, 2019 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, Naloxone, News, Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
A recent surge in fentanyl overdoses in Marin County and beyond has prompted an urgent local initiative to make the antidote drug naloxone more available to the public through pharmacies. Dr. Jeff DeVido of Marin County Health and Human Services holds up an intranasal...
by RxSafe Marin | Jan 1, 2019 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, Naloxone, News, Opioid Epidemic
In this Issue: This Is What Happens to Your Brain on Opioids I County Urges Pharmacies to Sell Overdose Antidote I Pharmacy Letter I Marin Doctor Linked to Opioid Racket I North Bay Mother Shares Heartbreaking Story of Addiction After Losing Son I National Drug Facts...
by RxSafe Marin | Dec 1, 2018 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, Events, News, Opioid Epidemic
In this Issue: New Year’s Resolutions|Wall of Change| Mandatory CURES Use I New California Opioid Legislation Read the RxSafe Marin December 2018 newsletter. ...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 1, 2018 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, Events, News, Opioid Epidemic, Volunteers
In this Issue: Marin City Clinic I Take Back I Naloxone Funding I Senior Outreach I Schools Read the RxSafe Marin November 2018 newsletter.
by RxSafe Marin | Oct 17, 2018 | Drug and Needle Disposal, Events, Opioid Epidemic
DEA Drug Take-Back Day is October 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. San Rafael, CA – The opioid abuse crisis is a national phenomenon these days – there’s even a White House webpage devoted to it – but it’s been lingering in Marin County for decades. One in four Marin adults...
by RxSafe Marin | Oct 10, 2018 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, News
Pharma companies to fund drug take-back program across California San Rafael, CA – County of Marin officials had reason to feel pride recently when California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 212, which establishes a statewide program to collect unused and...
by RxSafe Marin | Oct 9, 2018 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, News
California Leads the Nation On Safe Drug and Needle Disposal with SB 212 (Sacramento, CA) – The California State Senate unanimously, on a vote of 39-0, passed SB 212 (Senator Jackson, Assembly member’s Ting and Gray), which will establish a comprehensive statewide...
