{"id":49535,"date":"2017-10-28T12:55:16","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T12:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=49535"},"modified":"2017-10-28T12:55:16","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T12:55:16","slug":"police-departments-across-region-participate-in-prescription-drug-take-back-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/police-departments-across-region-participate-in-prescription-drug-take-back-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Police Departments Across Region Participate in Prescription Drug Take Back Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Police Departments Across Region Participate in Prescription Drug Take Back Day<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">In honor of National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday, police departments across New England have set up dozens of sites where the public can take unused prescription drugs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The take-back sites will accept and safely dispose of unwanted prescription pills between 10a.m. and 2p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, anyone can drop off medications anonymously, &#8220;no questions asked.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The initiative is part of a nationwide effort to cut down on prescription drug misuse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">&#8220;Do the right thing and do your part,&#8221; the agency tweeted Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.necn.com\/news\/new-england\/Police-Departments-Across-Region-Participate-in-National-Prescription-Drug-Takeback-Day-453822343.html<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/health\/police-departments-across-region-participate-in-prescription-drug-take-back-day.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police Departments Across Region Participate in Prescription Drug Take Back Day In honor of National Prescription Take Back Day on Saturday, police departments across New England have set up dozens of sites where the public can take unused prescription drugs. 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