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May 2, 2016: Drug Take Back

(11:47) NATIONWIDE – Hundreds  of  pounds  of  medicine  was  turned  in on  “National  Drug  Take  Back  Day”.   The  items  ranged  from  prescription  medication  to over-the-counter  drugs‎.    According  to  the  drug  enforcement administration,  6.5 million  Americans  abuse  prescription  drugs.  Authorities   recommend  disposing  of  excess medicine  at  Take-Back  programs,  because  drugs that  are  just  thrown  in  the  trash  could  be retrieved,  and  illegally  sold.

Take-Back  events  generally  happen  once  or twice  a  year,  but  some  police  departments  have  year-round  collection  boxes.  Watsonville  and  Carmel  are  2  of  those  police departments.    The  Carmel  Drug  Store  also takes  prescriptions  drugs  year-round.

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