PHARR -- Prescription drugs are claiming mainly two victims, those suffering with the recession and children.
A program in Pharr is ensuring every household drops off expired, un-used or old medication.
With the struggling economy Missy Cardenas Barajas from the Palmer Drug Abuse Organization feels that people might resort to abusing prescription medicine to forget about all their worries.
“The drug problem has really sky rocked this past year and a lot has to do with the economy the situation and everything that’s going on” said Cardenas Barajas.
The Pharr Police Department has also come to extend a hand and are asking for your expired, unused medication so they can dispose of it properly.
Michael Mata with Pharr P.D. said “It’s becoming to be a problem were getting more and more calls of over doses we are getting calls that people are passed out in their homes parents are calling and wanting to know what’s happening or what happen."
One word of advice that Mata has for parents who are on prescribed medication is to keep their medication lockup and away from your children and teenagers.
Many teens believe that medicine is a safer route, as opposed to abusing illegal drugs like Marijuana when in fact it’s not over 3 million U.S teens abuse prescription drugs and everyday over 3-thousand more children begin experimenting with medication and what’s even scarier... 70 percent of children who abuse prescription drugs admit to getting them from family and friends.
If you’re thinking of taking matters into your own hands like flushing pills down the toilet the Palmer Drug Abuse Organization says it would not be a safe idea because the drugs could harm our water system.
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