Green to hold drug take back day
Suburbanite staff report
GREEN – The Summit County Sheriff Department is participating in the National Drug Take Back Day on from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Green Fire Station No. 2, 393 E. Turkeyfoot Lake Road.
The event is part of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Drug Take Back Day to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring pills or patches only; drop-off sites cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps, only pills or patches. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
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UpdatedTue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:24 am ET
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Officers from the Mount Vernon District Station pose next to garbage bags filled with unwanted medications collected Saturday as part of the annual DEA National Drug Take Back Day. (Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA Fairfax County Police Department collected 2,038 pounds of unwanted and expired medications Saturday as part of the DEA National Drug Take Back Day, according to a post on the department s official Twitter account.
Officers from FCPD s eight district stations helped county residents drop off unwanted and expired medications.
According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, millions of people every year misuse prescription pain relievers, stimulants, tranquilizers and sedatives. Nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid-involved overdoses that year.
More than 500 lbs of prescription drugs collected at Drug Take Back Day site
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Organizers of the National Drug Take Back Day site in downtown La Crosse were busy collecting old and unused medication Saturday morning.
Al Bliss with the La Crosse County Health Department said that 550 lbs. of prescription drugs were dropped off at the site during the three hours of the event.
Approximately 358 vehicles came through the Health and Human Services building parking lot to get rid of the medication.
Elsewhere, the Monroe County Sheriff s Office said they were a part of an event that collected 342 pounds of medications on Saturday.
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INDIANA COUNTY DRUG TAKEBACK DAY MOST SUCCESSFUL IN LOCAL PROGRAM’S HISTORY By Hometown2
Indiana County saw a record collection on Saturday as part of National Drug Takeback Day.
(From Left to Right: (L-R) Brenda L Kromer-Catanzaro (Pharmacy Manager), Haley Crownover (Drug & Alcohol Commission), Terra Cravener (Drug & Alcohol Commision), Eric Pash (Pharmacist) & Sheriff Fyock. Photo provided by Indiana County Sheriff’s office)
The Armstrong, Indiana and Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission along with the Indiana County Sherriff’s office, Diamond Drug of Indiana and Rite Aid of Blairsville held drug takeback day events at the two pharmacies. People could bring their unused, unwanted or expired prescription or over-the-counter medicine to those sites for disposal. This year, the drug takeback effort also included vaping materials.