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Apr. 19, 2018

DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Set For April 28

Count It! Lock It! Drop It!® (CLD) is encouraging Tennesseans to participate in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28. More than 150 take-back events will be held across the state from 10
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Oct. 25, 2017

Miss Tennessee joins DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Event, Oct. 28

Johnson City-area residents can join Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis, Insight Alliance and Count It! Lock It! Drop It!® (CLD) in the fight against prescription drug abuse and misuse at a  take-back event on Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Elizabethton
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Aug. 22, 2017

Count It! Lock It! Drop It! Adds New Communities to Program

Count It! Lock It! Drop It! ™ (CLD), a comprehensive community program for prescription drug abuse prevention, has added 26 counties since its statewide launch last summer. In June 2016, the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation approved a grant
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Apr. 24, 2017

Tennesseans, spring-clean your medicine cabinets: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is April 29

BlueCross Health Foundation, Count It! Lock It! Drop It!™ promote medication safety by hosting collection events across the state   CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – In an effort to fight opioid abuse, Tennessee residents are invited to bring their unused or expired prescriptions
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Nov. 22, 2016

Secure your medications before the celebrations

Keeping prescriptions stored properly reduces risk of misuse, serious situations   CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – When preparing to host holiday gatherings, you may not immediately think to add ‘properly store medication’ to your to-do list. However, with prescription drug abuse and
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Sep. 13, 2016

Tennesseans share opioid abuse stories in BlueCross-sponsored ad series

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In the fight to reduce prescription painkiller abuse across the state, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation has launched a public service campaign – “The Faces of Opioid Addiction” – to encourage Tennesseans to safely store or
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Sep. 05, 2016

BlueCross launches campaign to combat opioid abuse

BlueCross Health Foundation Awards Grant to Count It! Lock It! Drop It!TM   CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Count, Lock and Drop your pills! That’s the message from the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation, which is teaming up with the state Department
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