A prescribed drugs initiative run by Northumbria Police and North Tyneside Borough Council, has been described as a "moderate success".
Members of the public had been urged to hand in out-of-date prescribed drugs, or drugs no longer needed, in special bins in police stations in Wallsend, Whitley Bay and North Shields.
A quantity of anti-depressants and sleeping tablets were handed in.
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