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North Hempstead event yields 400 lbs. of unused drugs

A 43-year-old bottle of sleeping pills and a pain reliever from Norway were among thousands of unwanted and expired medications hundreds of North Hempstead residents turned in Saturday at Long Island's first town-sponsored pharmaceutical drop-off event.

Part of the town's Stop Throwing Out Pollutants program, the drug drop-off in Port Washington was meant to keep unused medications from being...

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