That's more than 7 tons of prescription and over-the-counter medication, with a reported street value of $50 million. It was collected by the DEA last weekend as part of "Operation Take Back."
According to John G. McCabe Jr., acting special agent in charge of the DEA’s New Jersey Division:
“Prescription overdose deaths now account for more deaths than all hard drugs combined,” said McCabe. Unintentional deaths from many of the drugs collected Saturday increased 110 percent from 1995 to 2009, he added.
- Daily Life Wellness
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