Results are in from last Saturday’s "Drug Take-Back Day"-a national initiative to encourage people to turn in their expired or unused prescription drugs.
In Vermont, officials collected more than 1,100 pounds of medications at the 54 sites that were set up throughout the state.
And in northern New England, Federal drug enforcement officials say people brought nearly six tons of prescription drugs to collection sites to be destroyed.
A public safety official in Maine says people were relieved to have a place to dispose of unused medications, which can be an attraction for thieves and drug abusers. Many prescription drugs can be highly addictive and have become serious ‘drugs of abuse’ in Vermont, and nationally.