NORTHAMPTON, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - On Saturday morning at Smith Vocational High School, The Northwest District Attorney’s Office with the help of several local police departments and the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office took part in the National Drug Takeback Day.

The event is held nationwide in coordination with the Drug Enforcement Administration to take people’s unwanted or unused medication to be properly disposed of. All of the medication gets rounded up at these events gets destroyed by the DEA to deter drug abuse or drug dealing by people, as well as to prevent the medication by polluting the environment.

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