Episode Transcript
The purpose is simple, really, trying to get unwanted, unused,
unneeded prescription medication off the streets.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Plymouth County DA Tim Crue says police stations around the
state have drop boxes for unused medications, but this day
is to highlight the importance of getting rid of them.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
People don't really understand sometimes the meds that they have
do have a street value, and they can be stolen
even from your home. It's best for us to take
away that opportunity and get rid.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Of the things that we don't need anymore and not
have them hanging around and.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
They'll take anything, even veterinary drugs. At last year's Drug
take Back Day, about three hundred and thirty five tons
of drugs were collected at nearly five thousand sites across
the country. Suzanne Salzville WBZ, Boston's news radio
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