Tag: Project Medicine Drop
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Matawan Police Department installs medication dropoff box
MATAWAN–Joining other municipalities in the fight to counteract prescription drug abuse, the Matawan Police Department has installed a Project Medicine Drop box at police headquarters. The Matawan Police Department announced on May 28 that it has joined the New Jersey Attorney General’s Project Medicine Drop initiative, according to a prepared statement from the police department.…
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Aberdeen police installs township’s first drug drop off box
The installation of a Project Medicine Drop box has been placed in Aberdeen Township. The Aberdeen Township Police Department has joined numerous municipalities in the New Jersey Attorney General’s “Project Medicine Drop” initiative with the installation of the box. The announcement makes it easier and more convenient than ever for township residents to take an…
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Residents encouraged to dispose of unwanted medications properly
The South Brunswick Police Department and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs continue to provide the Project Medicine Drop box in the police department lobby at 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. Project Medicine Drop allows residents to safely dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medications 24 hours a day, seven days…
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Spotswood’s 24-hour drop-off box helping to tackle drug abuse
By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer SPOTSWOOD — Prescription drug abuse has become the nation’s spotlight drug crisis, demonstrating that drug addiction does not always start on the streets, but in one’s very own home. In an effort to combat prescription drug abuse, the Spotswood Police Department (SPD) has installed a 24-hour prescription drug drop-off box in the…
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South Brunswick police continue to collect unwanted prescriptions
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – The South Brunswick Police Department is continuing the Project Medicine Drop initiative, collecting unwanted, expired and unused medication in a bin that is located in the lobby of police headquarters. Pills, capsules, patches and pet medications are accepted; syringes/sharps or liquid medications are not. Empty all medication into a plastic or zipper…
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Project Medicine Drop allows safe disposal of medication
PLUMSTED – Individuals who want to dispose of excess or unused medications may now do so at the headquarters of the Plumsted Township Police Department, 2 Cedar St. Police announced that the township has joined the New Jersey Attorney General’s Project Medicine Drop initiative and has installed a Project Medicine Drop box at headquarters. The…
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Hazlet tackles prescription drug abuse with Project Medicine Drop
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer HAZLET — Police are prescribing a healthy dose of prevention to curb addiction and abuse of prescription medications. On Aug. 30, the Hazlet Township Police Department announced its participation in the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) Project Medicine Drop, an initiative designed to address the opioid epidemic by…
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Hazlet announces participation in Project Medicine Drop
By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer HAZLET — In response to the opioid epidemic, the Hazlet Township Police Department has announced its participation in Project Medicine Drop, an initiative sponsored by the state’s Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA). Project Medicine Drop aims to curb prescription drug abuse by working with members of the community to reduce…