The first Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug Take Back Day in Luna County was a success with 11 pounds of unused medications disposed of by residents during the last Saturday of October. Pictured (from right to left) Deming Police Department’s Lieutenant Sergio Lara, John Costilla-Gonzalez of the Coalition Against Teen Substances (CATS), a program of the Center for Health Innovation, and Edith Vasquez of the Luna County DWI Program and a member CATS, which is a subcommittee of the Luna County Health Council. Other partners included Deming’s WalMart Super Center and the New Mexico Department of Health. Residents can dispose of medications year-round in the lobby of the Deming Police Department at the green MedReturn kiosk, 700 East Pine Street.
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