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Health Department Purchases ELASTEC Drug Terminator for Columbia Police

The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services paid for a drug incinerator the Columbia Police Department recently acquired, according to a news release. The incinerator, named the Drug Terminator, cost $4,601, health department spokeswoman Andrea Waner said. The device will be used for disposing of prescription drugs left in the police department’s […]

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Detectives fire up incinerators to destroy drugs, donate thousands to public schools

Detectives fire up incinerators to destroy drugs, donate thousands to public schools Brunswick County, NC (WECT) – Detectives are not only getting drugs off the streets, but they’re also getting rid of them forever. Undercover detectives fired up the Drug Terminator on Friday. It’s an incinerator used to destroy drugs they confiscate from criminals. Detectives

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Drug Terminators working in the field

Asset forfeiture assists purchase of Drug Terminator

Double-Duty Drug Fighter for Community Prescription Take-Back Programs and the Destruction of Confiscated Drugs. The safe and controlled destruction of confiscated drugs by law enforcement agencies is mandated by the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and is enforced by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (US DEA). Federal and state hazardous waste rules and regulations, enforced

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Evidence drugs being destroyed by incinerator

Baxter County gets ‘Terminator’ to torch drugs Incinerator is portable device

MOUNTAIN HOME – Incinerating old or unneeded medicines helps counter teenage drug abuse and stems the flow of pharmaceuticals into rivers, lakes and streams, according to a partnership of law enforcement officers, health-care workers, businessmen and environmentalists. The Baxter County sheriff’s office has joined a growing number of police agencies nationwide in acquiring a “Drug

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