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Nearly 24,000 Pounds of Unused Medications Collected in Pacific Northwest During DEA Drug Take Back Day

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Spokane – United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Vanessa Waldref and DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob D. Galvan announced the collection of thousands of pounds of unused medications in the Pacific Northwest. In all, close to 24,000 pounds of drugs were collected in the Northwest United States. Of these, over 9,000 pounds were collected at 117 sites in Washington. On April 30, 2022, U.S. Attorney Waldref, Spokane Police Chief Craig Meidl, Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer, DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mark Haigh, and representatives from their respective offices joined together at the Northtown

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Failed Obama Rail Project Collapses, Nigeria Purchases Unused Trains

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A Nigerian city purchased two trains intended for a high-speed rail line in Wisconsin more than a decade after the Obama administration doled out $810 million to the state for the project. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, visited Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Wednesday to inspect the trains and announce the purchase, he tweeted. The trains will be used for a metro rail project that is under construction in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital and most populous city. “Today, I inspected our newly acquired Talgo Intra-City Ten Coach metropolitan trains, for our Red Line Metro project in Lagos,” Sanwo-Olu said Wednesday.

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Get rid of your unused prescriptions in Toms River

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TOMS RIVER, NJ – Do you have old prescription medication sitting in your medicine cabinet? Getting rid of these prescriptions is often the first step to avoiding misuse and abuse. On Saturday, October 23, 2021, the Drug Enforcement Administration will be sponsoring National Takeback Day! Take advantage of this opportunity and bring any unwanted or outdated prescription medication to our drop-off site located in front of the Ocean County Justice Complex, located at 120 Hooper Ave., in Toms River, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

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