Press Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Detective Sergeant Arthur Brillon Telephone: 774-203-1881
Date: October 7, 2014
The Attleboro Police Department has been awarded a grant from CVS Pharmacy to install and maintain a Drug Collection Unit. This program provides residents with a safe and environmentally responsible way to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired medication, including controlled substances.
The new Unit is intended to reduce the amount of unneeded medicine in residents’ homes and decrease prescription drug abuse, which has soared in recent years, especially among teenagers. More than 70 percent of teenagers say it is easy to get prescription drugs from their parents’ medicine cabinets, according to a 2014 Partnership for Drug-Free Kids study.
Safely disposing of unused medication is critical to protecting children and the environment. The Attleboro Police Department is proud to partner with the CVS Pharmacy and we thank them for their commitment to help residents reduce the amount of unneeded medicine in our community.
According to CVS, the new Drug Collection Unit represents one of 1,000 Units CVS/pharmacy and The Medicine Abuse Project – MAP- (http://medicineabuseproject.org), a five-year initiative of The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, are providing across the country. This innovative donation program is the largest retail pharmacy effort of its kind to date and supports MAP’s goal to prevent a half million teenagers from abusing prescription medication by the year 2017. CVS Pharmacy is the sole retail pharmacy sponsor of this program, which builds on the company’s Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program.
The new Drug Collection Unit is located in the police department lobby and is available to residents 24 hours a day. Drugs can be dropped off with no questions asked. Attleboro residents and CVS Pharmacy customers can also inquire about the Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program at the toll free phone number 866-559-8830 or visit www.cvs.com/safercommunities.
