Police in Boise, Meridian and Garden City in southwest Idaho, and Coeur
d'Alene in northern Idaho, have set up steel bins in their office lobbies where
unused medicines can be dropped off for disposal. Properly disposing medicines
is a problem because the drugs can pollute drinking water if flushed and leach
out of landfills if put in the garbage. But not getting rid of the unused drugs
can also cause problems/KXLY. More here.
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.