National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day: Stoughton Police Station a 24/7 Center for Disposal

A National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled for Saturday, September 29, and while Stoughton is not hosting an official take-back event, the Police Station has a container where residents can properly dispose of prescriptions.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another prescription drug take-back day for Saturday, Sept. 29, and while Stoughton will not be hosting an official take-back event, there is a location in town where residents can properly dispose of prescriptions 24/7/365—the Stoughton Police Station. There is a secure prescription drug collection container that can be found in the lobby of the Stoughton Police headquarters on Rose St. Residents can dispose of these unwanted or expired prescription drugs at the police station—no questions asked. With the Food and Drug Administration recommending against flushing unused medicine down the toilet or disposing of it in household trash, for environmental and other reasons, these …

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Stoughton Police Station a 24/7 Center for Prescription Drug Disposal

A prescription drug take-back day is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, and while Stoughton is not hosting an official take-back event, the Police Station has a container where residents can properly dispose of prescriptions.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled another prescription drug take-back day for Saturday April 28, and while Stoughton will not be hosting an official take-back event like the town did this past fall, there is a location in town where residents can properly dispose of prescriptions 24/7/365—the Stoughton Police Station. There is a secure prescription drug collection container that can be found in the lobby of the Stoughton Police headquarters on Rose St. Residents can dispose of these unwanted or expired prescription drugs at the police station—no questions asked. With the Food and Drug Administration recommending against flushing unused medicine down the toilet or disposing of it in household trash, for environmental and …

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OASIS on the Move: Be Sure to Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet

You can bring your unused medications to the police station, where it can now be properly disposed. No questions asked.

Hello, my name is Karen Hall and I wanted to introduce myself.  Some of you know me as the Youth Commission Director and some of you know me as the Council on Aging Director (I wear many hats). A select few also know me as MOM.   My third (tenth) hat is co-chair of the O.A.S.I.S. community coalition.  As you get to know and hear the many different voices of O.A.S.I.S. you see we each bring something unique to the coalition and to Stoughton.  In both aspects of my work I see people doing amazing things: working, volunteering, taking care of family (both young and wise) cleaning off cars in October.   In our mad rush we sometimes have projects that we never get to or forget about on a regular basis.   My goal for this piece to remind you to …

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Stoughton Residents Can Drop Off Unwanted Prescription Drugs—No Questions Asked

Stoughton Police and the Norfolk County DA are teaming up to dispose of your unused prescription drugs. A secure prescription drug collection container can be found in the lobby of the Stoughton Police headquarters.

A press release from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office: If you have prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet that you no longer need, the Stoughton Police Department has a new drug take-back container – and you are invited to use it. “Prescription drugs, particularly opiate-based pain pills left over from surgery, injury, even dental work, may look harmless sitting in the medicine chest, but we are finding that the opposite is true,” said Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey. “We are hearing from addiction experts that over half, and perhaps three quarters, of young people are having their first experiences with addictive opiates that were taken directly from the medicine cabinets of family or friends.” The new …

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