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Bethpage forum tackles pharmacy security

The Fairview Pharmacy and Home Care Supply store

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | The Fairview Pharmacy and Home Care Supply store in Port Jefferson Station. Its owner has taken measures to increase security. (Jan. 4, 2012)

Drug treatment experts and law enforcement officials gathered Tuesday at a summit and called for a coordinated approach to combating prescription drug abuse across Long Island.

"We will end this terrible trend that has led to so many tragedies," Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano told more than 100 people at a prescription drug summit at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center in Bethpage.

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