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 White Plains, NY - Westchester County government has enlisted the help of area pharmacies in its ongoing effort to educate parents and their teens about the dangers of underage prescription drug abuse.
“Underage prescription drug use is on the rise, becoming a bigger problem that underage drinking and drug use,” said County Executive Andy Spano. “Through this initiative, pharmacists will help get the word out to parents by distributing brochures.”
The initiative had been proposed by the Westchester County Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Free Youth, a coalition of local groups backed by Spano and District Attorney Janet DiFiore.
One pamphlet that pharmacists will be providing outlines ways in which parents can prevent their children from getting involved with this growing wave of prescription drug use. The other, which will be available in Spanish and English, specifically addresses cough medicine abuse.
County pharmacies ranging from large chains to small family owned businesses responded to a letter from Spano to participate. The following are among the participants: Gramatan Pharmacy (Circle RX), Mount Vernon; Cross Pharmacy, Cross River; CVS Pharmacy, Pelham; Rite Aid, Peekskill; Baxter’s Pharmacy, Peekskill; Bedford Rexall Pharmacy, Bedford; Prescription Plus, Briarcliff Manor; Marinelli’s Village Pharmacy, Elmsford; Jefferson Valley Pharmacy, Jefferson Valley; Buchanan Pharmacy, Peekskill; Pleasantville Pharmacy, Pleasantville; JNR Pharmacy, South Salem; Broadway Pharmacy, White Plains; Valuable Drugs, White Plains; Rite Aid, Ardsley; Town Center Pharmacy, Armonk; Hartsdale Pharmacy and Surgical Supplies, Hartsdale; Grabel’s Apothecary, New Rochelle; Baba Pharmacy, Yonkers; Stanley Pharmacy, Yonkers; Ashburton Prescription Center, Yonkers; Esther Pharmacy, Yonkers; Ligett-Rexall,
Ardsley; Hudson Pharmacy and Surgical Supplies, Ossining; Rite Aid, Hartsdale; Almarc discount Drugs, Larchmont; CVS, Larchmont; Weinstein Pharmacy, Katonah; Rite Aid, Mount Kisco; Scriptx Inc., Yonkers; Robbins Pharmacy Inc., Yonkers.
For additional information on this initiative, or the dangers and prevalence of adolescent prescription drug abuse, contact Thomas Meier, director of Drug Prevention and STOP-DWI, at (914) 995-4115 or
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