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Drug Disposal Event Saturday

More than 50 sites across Oregon will be accepting expired and unneeded medications for disposal this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm.  Maggie Conley is with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, which has environmental concerns about the drugs as many people flush them or throw them out. She says the drugs turned in Saturday will be destroyed at a plant near Salem.  The nearest sites participating in the program is Black Butte Ranch Police Department, Prineville Police Department and Oakridge Police Department.

 

 

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