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DEERFIELD, Ill. - Walgreens recently announced that it has implemented two programs in Washington and Oklahoma to combat drug abuse, part of a comprehensive national plan to address key contributors to the crisis.

Walgreens has installed safe medication disposal kiosks in Walgreens locations across both states. The safe medication disposal kiosks make the disposal of medications easier while helping to reduce the misuse of medications and the rise in overdose deaths.

Walgreens has also made naloxone available without requiring a prescription from an individual’s physician in all of its Washington and Oklahoma pharmacies in accordance with state pharmacy regulations.

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