Drug Take-Back Yields

225 lbs. In Castoff Rxs

COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital’s Drug Take-Back campaign in April yielded 225 pounds of unwanted, expired and unused prescription medicines that were dropped off at three locations, the hospital announced today.

Drug Take-Back was designed to encourage people to clean out their medicine cabinets, and drop-off points were set up at Bassett in Coopertown, O’Connor Hospital in Delhi, and FoxCare Pharmacy in Oneonta.

Participation was greater than expected, with kiosks filling up in a week instead of the anticipated th

According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.