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The
public was
invited to bring their unused prescription medications for safe disposal
to the B.O.L.D.
(Building Our Lives Drug-free) national prescription
medication
take-back event on April 28, 2012. The
National Take-Back Day event enabled 101 people to exchange
medications for a $10 Stop & Shop gift card at the First
Congregational Church on Rock Street. Over 90 pounds of medications were
turned in from 110 families, not all of whom took the gift certificates. Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA of
US Dept. of Justice), the Fall River
Police Department, Stanley Street
Treatment and Resources, the B.O.L.D. Coalition, and Reckitt
Benckiser Pharmaceuticals, the event
was a collaborative effort
to
remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from household medicine
cabinets. Such medications are often taken by young people who are unaware
of the risks of potential serious harm that they pose. The program was
anonymous and open to anyone regardless of residence. "This event
gives everyone an easy way to properly dispose of potentially dangerous
medications," noted
BOLD Youth Program Director Mike Aguiar. BOLD is interested in getting all
types of medication out of the hands of young people.
Click
here for a similar event that BOLD sponsored last year. For more information,
call BOLD Staff Director Craig
Gaspard at 508-324-3537
or Mike Aguiar at 508-324-3598. |
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(Top row, left and center) BOLD Volunteer Coordinator Maureen Brisson greets Angela Stankiewicz at the door of the First Congreational Church where the Prescription Drug Take-Back event was held. (Top row, right) Fall River Health and Human Services Director Dr. Henry Vaillancourt talks with the Drug Enforcement Agency police member who was in charge of disposing of the medications. (Middle row) Howie Galitsky brings his unused prescription medications to the Church where he was able to place them in one of the Take-Back boxes. (Bottom row, left and center) Manuel Aguiar disposes of his medications and then receives a $10 gift card from BOLD Administrative and Communications Assistant Annie-Alice Scaduto. (Bottom row, right) BOLD Youth Program Director points out some of the literature that was available to volunteers Kristina Davie and Kerrie Arruda. |
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