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Residents in 17 communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties turned into a total of 1,759 unwanted medications in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collection held Saturday.
The event was held to help the residents of the country and their families. It is one step in the epidemic opioid effort, said Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan, whose office sponsored the local efforts.
"This is one of the most important initiatives we have in the fight against drug addiction," Sullivan said in a statement announcing the success of this year's collection.
Along with helping people clean up medicine practices, the effort also prevents unwanted and out-of-date drugs from being thrown into the garbage or flushing down the toilet, which can contaminate the environment. Pharmaceuticals have been found in some of the nation's waterways, he said.
This year 17 communities in Hampshire and Franklin Counties participated in the collection. They are Amherst, Belchertown, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Hadley, Northampton, Pelham, Southampton, South Hadley, Williamsburg, Worthington, Deerfield, Greenfield, Leverett, Montague and Sunderland.
A number of communities in Hampden County also participated in the effort Springfield and Longmeadow.
Multiple police departments also have drug collection boxes in station lobbies. Anyone can drop off with no questions asked. Some of the collection are located in Chicopee, Monson, Agawam, Amherst, Easthampton and Northampton.
All drugs collected are incinerated.
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