Prescription drugs not used to be collected in Abilene - Abilene Reporter-News

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • May 4, 2011


National and regional efforts to prevent unused and expired prescriptions drugs from being abused, misused or dumped into the environment are being expanded to Abilene.

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Dr. Jeanie Jaramillo, managing director of Texas Panhandle Poison Center and an assistant professor in the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, said the agency hopes to soon expand the program to Abilene....

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