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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0000cc"><a href="https://wtvr.com/2018/06/14/cvs-launches-medication-disposal-program-in-virginia/">https://wtvr.com/2018/06/14/cvs-launches-medication-disposal-program-in-virginia/</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0000cc"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">CVS launches medication disposal program in Virginia</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Posted 6:20 pm, June 14, 2018, by <a href="https://wtvr.com/author/vfreemanjr/" title="Posts by Vernon Freeman Jr."><span style="color:blue">Vernon Freeman Jr.</span></a>, Updated at 06:37PM, June 14, 2018 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:white">CVS launches medication disposal program in Virginia</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:ooyala-slick-type;color:white">></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">RICHMOND, Va. -- In an attempt to fight opioid addiction and abuse in Virginia, residents will now be able to properly dispose unused medicine and prescription drugs at select CVS Pharmacy locations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Attorney General Mark Herring and CVS Health launched the expansion of the drug disposal in Richmond Thursday.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The program allows residents to bring unwanted and unused prescriptions or over-the-counter medications to certain CVS locations and drop them in these boxes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"This is an important step in combating fatal heroin and prescription drug overdoses and provides a safe way for Virginians to get these unused or unwanted drugs out of their homes," said Attorney General Mark Herring.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Experts say safe disposal of unwanted or unused medication is key in fighting the opioid epidemic.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"The key to addiction in all of medicine is prevention. When you think about diabetes treatment, the key is prevention. Cardiovascular disease, prevention is a critical thing. Addiction prevention... Is the key," Dr. Peter Breslin, an addiction specialist, said.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The boxes are located at 32 different CVS stores across Virginia and at most local police stations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0000cc"> </span></p></div></body></html>