Brief Description | The Bella Vista Police Department and Benton County government now work together in a program called the PyroMed Pharmaceutical
Incineration Program. The police department uses the incinerator to get rid of illegal drugs and prescription drugs they must confiscate from homes
where the residents have died. In March, the department began working with Benton County officials to collect drugs from residents who simply wanted
to get rid of them.
Now, residents drop off their unwanted pills in a collection bin outside the department. The collected drugs are burned
about once every 10 days or so using the Drug Terminator, an incinerator made by Elastec/American Marine.
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