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If You Want to Get Rid of Extra Prescription Opiod Drugs, There’s Now an Easy Way in CT

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Keeping prescription opioid pain killers in your home can endanger a kid who tries them or an addict yearning for them, and tossing them out or flushing them down the toilet can be bad for the environment. So pharmacies across Connecticut have been given a bag with ingredients that, when tap water is added and the bag resealed, make the pills safe to toss in the trash. You can get one of these bags for free from CVS, Walgreens and some other pharmacies across the state. The biodegradable bags, called “Deterra drug disposal kits” were donated by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. They can “deactivate and destroy up to 45 pills each simply by adding warm tap water and then disposing the kit in the trash,” according to an announcement from Gov. Dannel Malloy’s office.