Did you know that your medicine cabinet can be a gateway to drug addiction? MEDICATION TAKE BACK DAY Saturday, September 14, 2019, 9:30-11:30 am Guilford Police Department (Permanent lock box also available 24/7) IMPORTANT FACTS TO SHARE: Safe disposal is available. Bring unused/expired prescription drugs to the Guilford Police Department 24/7, no questions asked. Lock up current medications to keep them out of the wrong hands. Addiction often starts here. Addiction is a brain disease that does not discriminate. It can Kids who learn about the risks of drugs at home are up to 50 % less likely to use drugs. Talk often about your expectations and the risks. Your kids do hear you. ADD, anxiety, depression: and genetics* increase drug and alco- hol addiction risk occur accidentally and quickly. Take medications only as prescribed and needed. 98% of drug addiction starts in adolescence. Teach your kids/ grandkids/friends to never share prescription medications. POLICE ITS WORTH IT A Guilford D.AY. Initiative Ruth A Potee, M.D. board certied Family Physician and Addiction Medicine Physician, Greenfield, MA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2017 Community Anti-Drug Coalisons of America National Fonum itsworthitguilford.org REP SCANLON NNOS GUILFOR Did you know that your medicine cabinet can be a gateway to drug addiction? MEDICATION TAKE BACK DAY Saturday, September 14, 2019, 9:30-11:30 am Guilford Police Department (Permanent lock box also available 24/7) IMPORTANT FACTS TO SHARE: Safe disposal is available. Bring unused/expired prescription drugs to the Guilford Police Department 24/7, no questions asked. Lock up current medications to keep them out of the wrong hands. Addiction often starts here. Addiction is a brain disease that does not discriminate. It can Kids who learn about the risks of drugs at home are up to 50 % less likely to use drugs. Talk often about your expectations and the risks. Your kids do hear you. ADD, anxiety, depression: and genetics* increase drug and alco- hol addiction risk occur accidentally and quickly. Take medications only as prescribed and needed. 98% of drug addiction starts in adolescence. Teach your kids/ grandkids/friends to never share prescription medications. POLICE ITS WORTH IT A Guilford D.AY. Initiative Ruth A Potee, M.D. board certied Family Physician and Addiction Medicine Physician, Greenfield, MA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2017 Community Anti-Drug Coalisons of America National Fonum itsworthitguilford.org REP SCANLON NNOS GUILFOR