Saturday, Sept. 27 is drug take back day, part of the National Drug Take Back Initiative.
No matter where your travels take you, area police departments will require only a short detour to locations set up for the semiannual National Drug Take Back Initiative.
Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the program provides a safe opportunity for disposing of expired, unused, unwanted medication. Law-enforcement officials warn that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.
Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends – or taken from home medicine cabinets. Another reason to turn the drugs over to police? The usual methods for disposing of unused medicines - flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash - pose potential safety and health hazards, according to the DEA.
On Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., area residents can prevent pill abuse at the following locations: the Kennett Square Police Department, 115 N. Broad St., Kennett Square; Anson B. Nixon Park (part of the Vive tu Vida Health Fair event), Water Works Drive, Kennett Square; the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department, Giant supermarket, 1375 E. Boot Rd., West Chester; the Media barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police, 1342 W. Baltimore Pike, Media; and the Avondale barracks of the state police, 2 Moxley Lane, Avondale.
The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked. The prescription drugs that are turned in at collection sites are boxed up in special containers and delivered to a DEA main collection site for safe disposal, according to police.
In April, Americans turned in 390 tons of prescription drugs at nearly 6,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,400 of its state and local law enforcement partners. When those results are combined with what was collected in its eight previous Take Back events, DEA and its local law-enforcement partners reported that they have taken in over 4.1 million pounds — more than 2,100 tons — of pills.
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