**MEDIA ADVISORY**MEDIA ADVISORY**
AG Jepsen, DEA, Consumer Protection, Law Enforcement and Advocates to
Announce 2012 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in Connecticut
HARTFORD – Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem, and improper disposal of unused prescription medications poses a potential health and safety hazard.
Attorney General George Jepsen and the Drug Enforcement Administration will be joined by leaders in law enforcement, consumer protection and advocacy in highlighting the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this coming Saturday, September 29.
Who: Attorney General George Jepsen; Resident Agent-in-Charge David Lanzoni, Hartford Office, Drug Enforcement Administration; Commissioner William M. Rubenstein, Department of Consumer Protection; Colonel Danny Stebbins, Connecticut State Police, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection; and Jill Spineti, president and CEO of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership
What: Will discuss the growing prescription drug abuse problem in Connecticut and beyond, and highlight the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Where: Legislative Office Building, Room 1B, 300 Capitol Avenue, Hartford
When: TUESDAY, September 25, 2012, at 2:30 p.m.
All members of the media are invited to attend.
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Jaclyn M. Falkowski
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