Nutley/Essex, Nutley Municipal Alliance will be hosting an Operation Medicine Cabinet New Jersey local collection site as part of the first statewide medicine disposal day in the nation. The

event will take place at NUTLEY TOWN HALL, 1 KENNEDY DRIVE between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2009. This initiative, open to all residents, was organized to encourage local community residents to properly dispose of their unused, unwanted and expired medicine.

This statewide effort, with over 250 participating New Jersey police departments, is being spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division (DEA), the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General and the Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey (PDFNJ). Nutley residents looking for information on the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs and local collection location information should visit www.operationmedicinecabinetnj.com.

Mayor Joanne Cocchiola, Chairperson of the Municipal alliance stated, ” The Municipal Alliance is please be able to participate in this statewide initiative. This effort will allow our residents to dispose of their unused prescription medicine in a safe and controlled way.”

“This operation will reduce the availability of potent drugs that lead kids down a path to addiction, “New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram said. “We can’t break a cycle of dependence if powerful prescription drugs are stashed in our own homes, tucked away in drawers and cabinets.”

“With Operation Medicine Cabinet, we are calling on New Jersey residents to see their medicine cabinets through new eyes – as an access point for potential misuse and abuse of over-the counter- and prescription medicine by young people,” explained Angelo M. Valente, Executive Director of PDFNJ.

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