Collection kiosks help keep cabinets clear of old pain medications. The Milton Police station is one of about a dozen on the south shore where you can drop off drugs.

from Wicked Local Norwell

While senior citizens are as vulnerable to getting “hooked” on painkillers like OxyContin as anyone else – the big risk involving the elderly is when their prescription medications become inadvertently available to others, officials say. (Rea the full story here.)