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MPD reports successful medication take-back day

Meridian police collected a total of 364 pounds of unused prescriptions and over-the-counter medications during the National Prescription ... Read more

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Veterans depend on Postal Service I wonder if our commander in chief knows (or cares) that 750,000 veterans ... Read more

Local News

New pharmacy to open in DeKalb

Proxsys Rx, in collaboration with Rush Health Systems, has announced the opening of  a new community pharmacy in ... Read more

Nation And World

UPDATED: Judge issues $572M verdict against opioid company

NORMAN, OKLA. — A New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company caused an Oklahoma opioid crisis that led to thousands of ... Read more

Local News

Drug Take Back collects 177 pounds over two days

The Meridian Police Department received 177 pounds of unwanted and unused drugs during a two-day collection as part of ... Read more

Local News

Drug Take-Back nets more than 100 pounds of unused medication

The biannual event to collect unwanted and unused medications in the Meridian area finished with more than 100 pounds ... Read more

Local News

Meridian police, clinic host drug take-back this week

Both the Meridian Police Department and Total Pain Care will be accepting unwanted or expired prescriptions this week ... Read more

Nation And World

Lax government oversight fuels opioid crisis

The federal government has for several years entrusted regulatory control over the most potent painkillers to drug companies ... Read more

Nation And World

Texas teacher balks at flu prescription’s price, dies of complications from virulent virus

WEATHERFORD, Texas – This small northeast Texas town grieved Monday over the flu-related death of a popular second-grade ... Read more

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Trump’s FDA chief takes wide aim at opioid addiction crisis

The Food and Drug Administration, as part of a sweeping overhaul in how it regulates opioid painkillers, plans ... Read more