Drugs collected

PUTNAM --- In the area's latest Prescription Drug Take Back Day more than 190 pounds of medication filling seven boxes from 105 “donors” were collected, according to PRIDE Project Coordinator Romeo Blackmar. He said this was "about the average of what we have collected since the first Take Back Day in September of 2010.  This was our 9th Take Back Day Event in conjunction with the Putnam Police Department and the DEA.   Since the first Take Back day we have collected 1,870 pounds of medications, combined with the Putnam P.D. Drug Take Back Lock Box another 500 pounds was collected over the past 16 months, giving us a total of over 2,300 pounds of unused or expired medication."

PRIDE participants Sept. 27 were, Miranda Nagle and John Fournier from Community Health Resources, one of our Prevention Partners, Doug Cutler, Town Administrator and Putnam PRIDE Director and Officer Kyle Mahue of the Putnam Police Department. 

Blackmar added,  "We are a Drug Free Community Coalition grantee starting our 7th year of the Drug Free Communities Grant on Sept. 30."