[Summit] shout-out to Walgreens

[Anne Connor]

The manager at CVS Hope should be informed of the misinformation given by
the staff.  Putting chemicals aka medications down the toilet is the worst
thing because water processing plants cannot treat!

Best
Anne C

On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 1:35 PM Kate Sanders via Summit <
summit at sna.providence.ri.us> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I recently cleaned out our medicine cabinet and have been wondering what
> to do with the (sometimes very) old medications. CVS on Hope Street, where
> most of them were purchased, was polite but their only suggestion was to
> flush them down the toilet. Which seemed, honestly, a bit crazy.
>
> I just discovered that the Walgreens on North Main Street will take old
> medicines. There are a few restrictions -- no illegal drugs and no needles,
> for example -- but not many. In particular, it doesn't matter if they're
> prescription or nonprescription, from Walgreens or somewhere else. And it's
> really easy. There's a metal container like a post-office box near the
> pharmacy towards the back of the store, and you can just walk in and put
> your medicine bottles, tubes, etc. into the box.
>
> fyi --
>
> Kate Sanders
> 169 Sixth Street
>
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-- 
Anne W Connor
Providence, RI 02906
annewconnor at gmail.com
C. 401/447-0696
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