by dmorton
BOONEVILLE – Operation UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” destroyed 5,674 pills brought in as part of the “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program held at the Owsley Action Team Building in Booneville Wednesday, June 29. The Pill Dragon – a mobile incinerator provided in...
by dmorton
MIDDLESBORO – “There is hope” for individuals and families affected by substance abuse, said Middlesboro Pastor Mitch Bradshaw. “You don’t have to give up.” A new faith-based substance abuse program initiated earlier this spring will be explained during a Community...
by dmorton
CAMPTON – A “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program resulted in the destruction of 6,661 pills in Campton Thursday, June 16. Operation UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator provided in cooperation with Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and the Kentucky Army National...
by dmorton
WASHINGTON, DC (June 17, 2011) – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) has joined his colleagues in the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse in introducing bipartisan legislation to strengthen the battle against the nation’s fastest...
by dmorton
Communities across the United States continue to be ravaged by the abuse of prescription drugs. It is time to bring all parties together to find data-driven solutions to this problem. Operation UNITE will coordinate the first national summit focusing only on the issue...
by dmorton
JACKSON – High-5s and chest bumps were exchanged liberally after each completed skill. “You have to try and you have to have fun,” explained Jeff Sheppard, a former University of Kentucky basketball standout who conducted UNITE’s Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp...
