(The following information was provided by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.)
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Upper Dublin Township Police Chief Fran Wheatley, the current president of the Montgomery County Police Chiefs Association, announced the spring Drug Take Back Day will be Saturday, April 22, with sites across Montgomery County collecting unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Typically, approximately 40 police departments serve as drop-off sites for Drug Take Back Day, including several grocery store locations staffed by police officers. The complete list of drop-off locations will be released closer to the event’s date and will be listed on the District Attorney’s website.
Accepted during Drug Take Back Day — and throughout the year at permanent MedReturn boxes — are prescription and over-the-counter tablets and capsules, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medicines, and vaping products. Not accepted are needles, liquid medications, and intravenous or injectable solutions.
Since the Drug Take Back program began in 2010, more than 108,000 pounds of medicines have been collected and safely disposed of.
If residents can’t make it to Drug Take Back Day, unwanted medications can be dropped off and disposed of throughout the year at more than 50 permanent prescription drug disposal boxes, most of which are located at police departments. Some of these boxes were sponsored by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and some by Pennsylvania American Water in an effort to help keep our water supply safe.
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