when branddlyn karnehm was 18, she dabbled iito abusing pain medicine... soon she was a "if you leave stuff in your medicine cabinet and there's is rampant. that's why officials at drug free manatee were given prevent misuse." prescription drug abuse often starts at home. pill." so the deterra bags can safely destroy them. here's how it works: you rip open the top, and inside are bags of specially formulated carbon. each bag can hold up to 90 pills. so you toss in the drugs and fill the bag with warm water. the process immediately starts breaking down the pills. after shaking it for a few moments, the medicine is neutralized karnehm sees this as a promising tool inpthe fight. "it could probably help stop it ttns." she hopes these bags can save someone from the living the hard life she did. if youuhrow pills in the trash or flush them down the toilet, they can harm the environment or get into the water supply. so theseeags can prevent t hat. checking out storm track seven live doppler radar right now. meteorologist eileen loan has the forecast for us when t

karnehm sees this as a promising tool in the (sot: brandilyn karnehm, former drug addict) "it could probably help stop it for the next generation of teens." she hopes these bags can save someone from the living the hard life she did. >> that was john rogers reporting. these bags also serve as an environmental ly friendly way to dispose of drugs. if you toss pills in the trash or flush them down the toilet, the drugs can harm the environment or seep into the water supply. so these bags can prevent that. still to come this morning on news 4 today... the united states postal service is testing a new notification service. we'll tell you how they plan to use e-mail to help their customers. and king james will be king for life.... as far as nike is concerned, anyway. straight ahead, the details on << >> << >> stocks closed lower yesterday after u.s. crude dropped nearly 6 percent to its years. airline stocks rose on the prospect of lower fuel costs, while exxon mobil and chevron each fell 3 percent. the dow gave up 117 points to close at 17,730. the nasdaq dropped 40 points and the s&p fell 14 poi