Deputy Rob Thornton with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office got involved in Operation Medicine Cabinet after catching a pest control worker who had been stealing pain medications - a handful at a time - from his clients' medicine cabinets in Sun City Center. ...more

December 16, 2009

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputy Rob Thornton got involved in Operation Medicine Cabinet after catching a pest control worker who had been stealing pain medications - a handful at a time - from a client's home in Sun City Center. ...more

December 16, 2009

Don't keep your makeup for too long. ...more

May 19, 2009

Almost everyone has them: old, expired or unneeded prescription drugs sitting in pill bottles around the house. ...more

December 31, 2008

The Tampa Tribune talked to Bernard Pollara, a University of South Florida professor of pediatrics, about the Food and Drug Administration's public health advisory Thursday against the use of over-the-counter cough and cold products - including decongestants, expectorants, antihistamines and cough suppressants - for children younger than 2. ...more

January 18, 2008

Although fewer young people are using marijuana and other illegal drugs, the percentage of teenagers abusing prescription painkillers remains alarmingly high, according to a national teen drug use survey released Tuesday at the White House. ...more

December 12, 2007