Drug Take Back pulls in 114 pounds
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
PUTNAM — As it does twice a year, the town took part in the National Prescription Drug Take Back collection Oct. 25.
The Putnam Police and two Putnam Lions Club members, with support from Romeo Blackmar, Substance Abuse Program director at the Yale YMCA Youth and Family Center, set up at the farmers market pavilion on Kennedy Drive and collected unwanted/unused prescription drugs. The Drug Enforcement Agency burns them.
Putnam Police Captain Justin Lussier said this weekend 114 pounds was collected. And, he added, since the last Take Back in April, 622 pounds was collected in the police station’s lobby drop box. The bin is available 24/7/365, no questions asked.
Lussier said the weekend’s collection was successful and “on par with our prior take back” totals.
“I would say this is a very successful and important program for our community,” he said. The town averages just over 100 pounds a month with the drop box. 
“That’s 100 pounds a month that’s not being misused or dumped down the drain,” he added.

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