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It is important for everyone to be getting their medication while still maintaining a safe distance from others.

The New Bedford Police Department has collected a record amount of prescription drugs during their most recent drug take-back event.

New Bedford Police will collect unwanted and expired prescription medications from 10-2 on Saturday, Oct. 27, during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

NEW BEDFORD - An internal investigation is underway after medications were stolen from St. Luke's Hospital. New Bedford Police received a report Sunday evening of a break in at the hospital's depository. The theft is alleged to have occurred between Friday and Sunday...

Tiger Woods attributed an “unexpected reaction” to prescription medicine for his arrest on a DUI charge that landed him in a Florida jail Monday for nearly four hours. Woods, the 14-time major champion who had back surgery five weeks ago, was arrested on suspicion of DUI at about 3 a...

Residents brought a record 433 pounds of unused, unwanted prescription medication Saturday to New Bedford Police headquarters at 871 Rockdale Avenue during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The nearly quarter ton of medication turned in Saturday is more than double the amount collected at the October turnback event and represents the highest number ever collected by the New Bedford Police

Over 200 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter drugs were collected in New Bedford during last week's National Drug Takeback Day event. The New Bedford Police Department says they collected 205.4 pounds at the Rockdale Avenue headquarters on October 22...

Police departments across the Southcoast region are joining with departments across the nation to host a drug take-back day this weekend. On Saturday, area residents can drop off prescription and over-the-counter medications at local police stations, with no questions asked...

With the amount of fatal heroin overdoses on the Southcoast down, and the number of overdose reversals on the rise thanks to first responders, things are looking up in the fight against heroin and drug abuse. But Carl Alves, director of Positive Action Against Chemical Addiction says there's still a long road ahead...