{"id":4002,"date":"2012-03-14T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T21:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=4002"},"modified":"2012-03-23T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-23T16:06:24","slug":"operation-medicine-cabinet-2012-kick-off-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/03\/operation-medicine-cabinet-2012-kick-off-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Medicine <BR> Cabinet 2012 Kick Off Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4003\" title=\"Pills\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Pills.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" \/>Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0\u00a0just wrapped up today\u2019s Operation Medicine Cabinet education event with astounding results!<\/p>\n<p>Today Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Officecollected over 8 large bins of unused medications and introduced many citizens to the secure drug drop off boxes located at each of our district offices and headquarters. These drugs are now off our streets and will not land in our landfills or waterways. We don\u2019t have to worry about our children or grandchildren getting a hold of our medications or inadvertently taking an expired or incorrect prescription drug.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office want to thank everyone who dropped off their medications today and participated in Operation Medicine Cabinet. At today\u2019s event we had representatives from the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Crime Prevention Unit and Abby Services providing information about CarFit, an educational program that gives information to senior drivers about how to enhance their safety and security in their vehicles, as well as the Lee Elder Abuse Prevention Partnership Coalition who provided information about elder neglect, exploitation and abuse.<\/p>\n<p>At today\u2019s event participants dropped off their medications, received educational material, had an opportunity to participate in a CarFit evaluation, and many people had their blood pressure checked by Abby Services.<\/p>\n<p>Remember you can drop off your unused medications at any of the Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office district offices and headquarters Monday thru Friday during regular business hours. You don\u2019t have to wait for one of these events.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All medications must be in a sealed container<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0do not accept sharps (needles, lancets, etc)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Collected medications will be incinerated offsite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u00a0\u00a0just wrapped up today\u2019s Operation Medicine Cabinet education event with astounding results! Today Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Officecollected over 8 large bins of unused medications and introduced many&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,83],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}