Oxycontin
El Dorado County sues opioid manufacturers and distributors
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/10/2018 - 8:22pm
El Dorado County has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for creating the opioid epidemic in El Dorado County, joining a consortium of 30 California counties to do so. The County has retained the national law firm of Baron & Budd and a joint venture of law firms to represent its interests, seeking an abatement remedy in addition to legal damages for taxpayer money spent providing social resources in response to the crisis.
Free lock bags available to keep meds out of the wrong hands
Submitted by paula on Wed, 11/02/2016 - 5:29pm
Due to highly addictive prescription drugs kept in the medicine cabinets or nightstands of many households, the South Lake Tahoe Drug Free Coalition (DFC) is giving away lock bags so people can keep their prescriptions safe from unauthorized use.
Oxycontin, Demerol, Valium, Ritalin, Adderall, Xanax, Percocet, and Codeine, are also some of the most prescribed and readily-available drugs. They are so readily available that 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have used or misused a prescription drug.
Shared pain pills fueling opioid epidemic
Submitted by paula on Thu, 06/16/2016 - 10:13pm
As lawmakers grapple with how best to combat the nation’s prescription painkiller abuse crisis, a recent survey is shedding light on how patients who get these medications — drugs such as OxyContin, methadone or Vicodin — sometimes share or mishandle them.
Drug Take Back Day in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 09/23/2014 - 9:17pm
Event Date:
September 27, 2014 - 10:00am
Have bottles of prescriptions sitting unused in your medicine cabinet?
A free and anonymous disposal site for expired and unused drugs will be in the Safeway parking lot at 1020 Johnson Blvd. on September 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of National Drug Take Back Day. The South Lake Tahoe Police Department in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Drug Free Coalition will be hosting the event. The Coalition will be on hand to answer any questions or address any concerns the public may have.
Op/Ed: Barton Hospital Fights Back: The Role Emergency Department’s Play in Pain Medication Overdose
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/29/2014 - 7:25pm
Death by drug overdose has tripled from 1990 to 2008. In 2008, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 36,450 people died from a drug overdose and 75% of overdoses were prescription drug related. Of the prescription drug-related deaths in 2008, the CDC reports 74% were opiate prescription drugs.
Lake Tahoe Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 26
Submitted by paula on Sat, 04/19/2014 - 7:50pm
Event Date:
April 26, 2014 - 10:00am
Have bottles of prescriptions sitting unused in your medicine cabinet?
A free and anonymous disposal site for expired and unused drugs will be in the Safeway parking lot at 1020 Johnson Blvd. on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of National Drug Take Back Day. The El Dorado County Sheriff's and South Lake Tahoe Police Departments, in conjunction with the South Lake Tahoe Drug Free Coalition will be hosting the event. The Coalition will be on hand to answer any questions or address any concerns the public may have.
Nevada Doubles Amount of Fraud Recoveries, DOJ Reports
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 2:04pmBy Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY — The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it recovered $5.6 billion in civil and criminal fraud efforts in 2011, a 167 percent increase over 2008. In Nevada, recoveries totaled $8.3 million in 2011, a 137 percent increase over 2008 when $3.5 million was recovered.
Drug lab found in S. Tahoe apartment, resident arrested
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 11:56pmA homemade contraption to extract THC from marijuana, along with ecstasy and Oxycontin pills were seized from an apartment in South Lake Tahoe on Thursday afternoon. “This can blow up just as easily a...
