Just three weeks ago, a Rock Island County coalition named CAUSE organized a prescription drug take-back event. About 438 pounds of the drugs were collected on April 26 at three sites: Milan, Rock Island and Silvis, according to Tammy Muerhoff, superintendent of the Rock Island County Regional Office of Education in Moline. Muerhoff and her staff are in CAUSE, the Coalition Advocating for Underage Substance Elimination. She and other city and county officials involved in various prevention efforts gathered Wednesday at Centre Station in Moline for a media event organized by Prevention First. [continues 568 words]
An administrative review has exonerated three Rock Island police officers after an early October incident when one of them was shot in the ankle while running down an alleged drug dealer, Rock Island Police Chief John Wright said. Kevin Young, 39, of Rock Island, is being held on $1.5 million bond at the Rock Island County Jail. He is charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and faces other felony charges. Three of the officers involved in the Oct. 7 incident were placed on leave while reasons for discharging their firearms were reviewed, Wright said, noting the review was standard procedure and "there were no accusations of misconduct on the part of the officers involved." [continues 190 words]
Lynn Smith says she hopes that spreading the word about ecstasy use, will prevent people from going down the same road she did and save lives. The 26-year-old native of Danville, Pa., who survived continued use of the so-called "party" drug known as Ecstasy, spoke Tuesday night at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, urging students to spread the word about the hazards of such narcotics. Smith said her childhood and teen years in an east-central Pennsylvania town of 5,000 residents did not include a solid education about drug abuse. [continues 338 words]
Parents of Xavier High School students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who suspect their children have used drugs can quickly find out -- and the school will pay for the drug tests. .Xavier's principal, Jeff Henderson, said the new policy was not a reaction to a specific incident. . "We're not saying (drug use) is a problem here, but it's a tough job being a parent and we want to help parents when we can," he said. "This gives them another tool that can help." [continues 401 words]
Parents of Xavier High School students in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who suspect their children have used drugs can quickly find out -- and the school will pay for the drug tests. .Xavier's principal, Jeff Henderson, said the new policy was not a reaction to a specific incident. . "We're not saying (drug use) is a problem here, but it's a tough job being a parent and we want to help parents when we can," he said. "This gives them another tool that can help." [continues 397 words]
