Guilford Mom Promotes “Great Product” To Fight Overdose Crisis

GUILFORD, CT - A Guilford woman who has become a well-known spokesperson in the nationwide battle against the opioid and heroin epidemic is excited about a relatively new product that she and others believe can be a weapon in that fight.

Sue Kruczek, who tragically lost her her 20-year-old son Nick to an accidental heroin overdose in 2013, is a member of the Deterra Advisory Council, a drug disposal pouch that provides an easy and effective way for people to dispose of unused or expired medications.

“I don’t want another parent to have to go through what we went through when we lost our son,” said Sue Kruczek. “It’s easy to feel helpless in the face of this epidemic, but drug deactivation kits like Deterra make it possible for every single person to dispose of unused drugs sitting in their medicine cabinets. If we can get everyone to clean out their medicine cabinets of unused drugs, and keep them cleaned out then we will have destroyed a major source of these drugs.”

Since the loss of her son, Sue Kruczek has become well known in the state - and the country - for trying to educate young people and their loved ones about the dangers of the opioid and heroin epidemic. Her leadership in the area has caught the attention of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and President Donald Trump, who earlier this year thanked her for her leadership on the issue.

Of Deterra, Sue Kruczek said: “This is a great product that is a wonderful product to safely discard unused meds.”

According to its website, anyone can use a Deterra pouch to deactivate any drug, including opioids. Simply put unused pills inside, add water, wait 30 seconds, seal the bag and throw it away. Each Deterra pouch contains activated carbon, which firmly bonds to pharmaceuticals rendering the compounds inert. Once adsorbed by the carbon, the drugs are ineffective for abuse and safe for disposal in landfills. The pouch itself is environmentally friendly.

You can see how the system works by clicking on this link and watching the video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lSBwBqpTk2c

Along with Kruczek, the advisory council includes William Alden, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the DEA Educational Foundation; Major General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman & CEO, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA); Mary Bono, the former U.S. Representative of California, and Major General Elder Granger, M.D., USA, Ret, the president and CEO of The 5Ps, LLC.

Deterra has also been utilized by several states to combat the opioid epidemic. In Pennsylvania, the Attorney General initiated a program providing a Deterra pouch and disposal instructions to anyone filling a narcotics prescription in 12 of the hardest hit counties.

Similar programs have been started in Kentucky and Montana.

The Deterra Drug Deactivation System is available for purchase at Walmart, Amazon.com and pharmacies across the country.

Learn more at www.DeterraSystem.com