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Suzanne Albert of Minot turns over a box of prescription drugs to Auburn Police officer Steve Hammerton at Auburn Fire Department’s Central Station on Saturday. Both Auburn and Lewiston police departments as well as the Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford county sheriff’s departments collected unneeded drugs during the first nationwide prescription drug take-back program. Albert’s husband, Norman, died on Sept. 14 after an 18-month battle with cancer and she wanted to get rid of his medications. “There are a lot and I did not want them in the house,” Albert said of the cancer treatment drugs. “I put them all in a box and super sealed it,” she said. Hammerton said a steady stream of people had dropped off medications since the door opened at 10 a.m. He said the plastic bottles will be recycled while the drugs will be picked up by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
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