WRONG HANDS.
>> JUST AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT
OF MEDICATIONS HAVE COME IN.
REPORTER: NEW MEXICANS ARE
GETTING RID OF THEIR OLD
MEDICATION, SO IT DOESN'T GET
INTO THE HANDS OF ABUSERS.
>> I FEAR FOR THOSE FAMILIES
THAT HAVE KIDS BECAUSE IT'
POPULAR NOW, THEY TAKE THEM AND
SELL IT ON THE STREET.
>> GETTING THEM OFF THE
STREETS, OUT OF THE COMMUNITY
AND GETTING THEM PROPERLY
DISPOSED OF IS KEY TO REDUCING
THAT PROBLEM.
REPORTER: THE US ATTORNEY'S
OFFICE SAYS MORE THAN 2,00
PEOPLE TRY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVERY DAY.
FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE
GETTING THE PILLS FROM THE
STASHES OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING TO GET
THE UNUSED AND UNWANTED DRUGS
OUT OF YOUR MEDICINE CABINET.
SOME PEOPLE WE TALKED TO AT THIS
EVENT SAID THEY JUST HAD BAGS OF
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS SITTING IN
THEIR CLOSET OR MEDICINE CABINET
FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
>> THEY WERE JUST SITTING IN A
BAG IN THE FLOOR OF MY CLOSET.
SO THAT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR
THEM TO BE.
REPORTER: BUT JUST DON'T THROW
THE DRUGS IN THE TRASH OR FLUSH
THEM.
>> EVEN IF YOU THROW IT INTO
THE TRASH, IT CAN SEEP INTO TH
GROUND WATER AND CONTAMINATE
AQUIFERS.
REPORTER: IF YOU MISSED THE DRUG
TACK BACK ON SATURDAY, APD
SUB-STATIONS OFFER DISPOSAL
SERVICES TO GET THESE PILLS OUT
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