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Columbus Plans To Distribute Prescription Drug Disposal Bags

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.

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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