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Preventing Prescription Misuse and Childhood Poisoning When medications are not stored properly or discarded when expired, they can be dangerous to others in your home.

Medication Safety Month reminds people to be cautious The month is a good time to make sure you and your loved ones are doing everything possible to stay safe including only taking what was prescribed directly to you.

Have you heard about co-prescribing? When a physicians prescribes naloxone (an opioid reversal drug) with an opioid prescription, this is call co-prescribing. The WV DII is working diligently with community partners,to educate about the importance of co-prescribing. You can find our more about here: https://www.wvdii.org/coprescribing

If you using an opioid prescription and would like a FREE naloxone kit to help protect you and your family, you can visit our webpage and join the naloxone training: https://www.wvdii.org/naloxone (Free naloxone kits are only available for WV residents)