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St. Louis County rolls out "Up and Away" campaign, reports 1,500 lockboxes distributed
Summary
Saint Louis County health educator Caitlin Russell presented a countywide "Up and Away" campaign promoting safe storage of medications and cannabis; the program has distributed about 1,500 free medication lockboxes and will run a media buy through February funded by CSUP grant dollars.
Caitlin Russell, a Saint Louis County health educator, told a Northern St. Louis County workgroup meeting that the county's new "Up and Away" campaign aims to reduce accidental ingestions among young children by encouraging families to store medications and cannabis "up and away."
Russell said surveillance for accidental pediatric ingestions (children 5 and under) showed a notable rise from 2023 to 2024, and that the county launched a lockbox initiative in 2024 to address the problem. "We started offering free medication lockboxes to families in Saint Louis County," she said, and…
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