by dmorton
LOUISA – A free “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program will be held by the Lawrence County Champions/UNITE Coalition on Friday, May 27. Citizens are urged to bring all unused, unwanted or out-of-date medicines to the Lawrence Community Center parking lot, 180...
by dmorton
WHITESBURG – Harlan County residents turned in 4,139 pills for destruction during “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program held May 18. Pills were fed to the UNITE “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator sponsored by UNITE, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and the Kentucky...
by dmorton
Problems associated with a growing methamphetamine epidemic, coupled with the hope offered through treatment, is the focus of a week-long series of stories airing on Lexington’s WTVQ TV-36. “The focus is on the methamphetamine problem,” said Greg Stotelmyer, a...
by dmorton
Free regional basketball camps will be offered by Operation UNITE again this summer. The Shoot Hoops Not Drugs program with former University of Kentucky basketball star Jeff Sheppard will have six stops: • Tuesday, June 7 – Nancy Elementary School in Pulaski County....
by dmorton
WHITESBURG – A community celebration to conclude Letcher County’s “Accidental Dealer” awareness campaign drew approximately 100 people on Thursday, May 5. Many of those in attendance took advantage of Operation UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator sponsored by...