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Columbus Plans To Distribute Prescription Drug Disposal Bags

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 18, 2018 at 4:57 AM EDT

The City of Columbus plans to distribute 800 prescription medication disposal bags. 

The bags will be distributed by police and fire officials. The were donated by a federal policy group, Addiction Policy Forum, and the Alcohol, Dug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County. The bags use a carbon system activated by adding water to neutralize and deactivate medications.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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