Phoebe collects over 200 pounds of medicine at drug take back event
Phoebe collects over 200 pounds of medicine at drug take back event By Molly Godley | May 12, 2021 at 6:15 PM EDT - Updated May 12 at 8:27 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - Two hundred and thirty-nine pounds, the weight of a linebacker. That’s the amount of medication Phoebe Putney Health System collected at its second drug take back event.
Hospital leaders said it’s an opportunity to help curve the national opioid epidemic. Dr. Jason Langer with Phoebe said at their last event in October, Phoebe collected nearly 400 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medication, medical supplies like needles, and even pet medications. (Source: WALB)
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Safe and Sound: Phoebe to host drug take back event
Safe and Sound: Phoebe To Host Drug Take Back Event Next Week By Tesia Reed | April 15, 2021 at 1:32 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 1:32 PM
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - After a successful drug take back day in
October, Phoebe Putney Health System is bringing back the life-saving event. After a successful drug take back day in October, Phoebe Putney Health System is bringing back the life-saving event. (Source: WVIR)
Dr. Jason Langer with Phoebe said a lot of times the people who get addicted to opioids arenât actually prescribed the medicine.
Tiger & Son in Orlando, LPGA Tour wraps up season in Naples
By The Associated PressDecember 15, 2020 GMT
LPGA TOUR
Purse: $3 million. Winner’s share: $1.1 million.
Television: Thursday-Saturday, 1-4 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. (NBC).
Defending champion: Sei Young Kim.
Race to CME Globe leader: Inbee Park.
Last week: A Lim Kim won the U.S. Women’s Open.
Notes: The field has been expanded to the top 70 in the Race to CME Globe and two sponsor exemptions because of a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. . Sponsor exemptions were awarded to Sarah Kemp and Natalie Gulbis, leaving out Women’s British Open champion Sophia Popov. . Jin Young Ko, the No. 1 player in the world, tied for second at the U.S. Women’s Open to qualify for the Tour Championship. Ko has played only three times this year while riding out the pandemic in South Korea. . The tournament at Tiburon comes one week after the PGA Tour held its QBE Shootout there. In a normal year, the CME