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Drug Disposal Box Added To Lobby of Madison Police Department
The opioid epidemic killed more than 1,000 people in Connecticut - three a day - in 2018. Many experts say drug abusers get hooked at home.

MADISON, CT - Many police departments have added pill drop off boxes in their lobbies over recent years in an effort to get people to rid their homes of unneeded prescriptions and fight the opioid epidemic plaguing the state.
You can now add Madison to that list.
A recent addition to the lobby of the Madison police department is the box pictured for the public to drop off unwanted pills 24/7.
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The opioid epidemic killed more than 1,000 people in Connecticut - three a day - in 2018. Many experts say drug abusers get hooked by taking pills, first, at home.
Find out what's happening in Madisonfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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