Rx drug

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By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

Northeastern Connecticut hit high numbers again at the Prescription Drug Take Back collection April 26.

Putnam Town Administrator Douglas M. Cutler said April 26 about 220 pounds were collected and 101 vehicles came through the Farmers Market in Putnam. Eight boxes, sealed, were taken to the Lisbon incinerator for disposal. 

In the five years the event has been held, some 1,340 pounds of prescriptions had been turned in, according to Putnam PRIDE's Romeo Blackmar. According to Putnam Police's Deputy Chief, Leonel Konicki, some 200 pounds  of that total came from the lock box in the foyer of the Putnam Police Department.

The collections began in 2010, he said. There was one in 2010, two in 2011, two in 2012, two in 2013 and there will be a second one this fall. 

The local Putnam Elks lodge, along with mascot Elroy, were also at the collection, as part of the CT Elks Association Drug Awareness Program.

 

Cutler added that last spring there were 173 vehicles and more than 300 pounds of prescription drugs were collected.