DETERRA: Drug Deactivation System
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Prevention os more than just disensing less, it's about remivin the abundant supply of prescription opioid pills from circulation to prevent abuse an disuse.
- 1.2 billion Opioid prescriptions dispensed from 2012 - 2016
- 70% of prescriptions remain unused and avalable for abuse
- Every day 2,500 American kids abuse a prescription drug for the first time
- 3 of 4 people addicted to heroin reported they first used a precription opioid
- 115 people die per day from an overdose of prescription painkillers in the U.S.
Deterra is the only scientifically proven drug deactivation system on the market that PERMANENTLY deactivates the drug rendering it unavailable for abuse or diversion.