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Operation Medicine Cabinet Underway in Rahway
RAHWAY –
Rahway residents can now join the fight against prescription drug abuse –
right in their own homes.
Operation
Medicine Cabinet, a day of opportunity to dispose of unused, unwanted and
expired medications in the home, has been scheduled for November 14, 2009;
from 10 am until 2 p.m. “Operation Medicine Cabinet” will give Rahway
residents the opportunity to rid their homes and medicine cabinets of
unused, unwanted and expired medicine. The program will allow Rahway
residents to deliver all of their unused, unwanted or expired medications to
law enforcement officials, who can in-turn dispose of these controlled
substances in a safe and non-hazardous manner. Currently, more than 70% of
people who abuse prescription painkillers say they get them from family or
friends, often in the home or right out of medicine cabinets.
The Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA)-, in conjunction with the New Jersey
Attorney General’s Office ,Union County Prosecutors Office and the
Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ), have come together to
support this day and to educate New Jersey residents about the dangers of
prescription drug abuse and the easy accessibility of these drugs. This
initiative will be held in partnership with several law enforcement and
substance abuse prevention organizations.
Rahway
residents who would like to turn in their medications can do so at The
Rahway Police Department located at 1 City Hall Plaza from 10:00 am to 2:00
pm on November 14th. For further information please contact
Detective William Eicholz at (732) 827-2079 or weicholz@rahwaypolice.com
Operation
Medicine Cabinet is the first state-wide prescription drug disposal program
in the nation.
www.operationmedicinecabinetnj.com
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