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4 Area Law Enforcement Offices Participating in Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day

Saturday is “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day”, and state health and safety officials encourage you to check for unused drugs in your medicine cabinet. The Associate Director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, Dale Woolery, says getting rid of the prescription drugs properly can help cut abuse.

 

 

More than 100 Iowa sites are signed up to participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, most from 10:00 a-m until 2:00 p-m Saturday.

 

 

The Manning Police Department, The Audubon Police Department, and the Greene County Sheriff’s Office are all participating in the program with drop-off boxes located at their respective offices. The Carroll Police Department will have their collection box set up in the front lobby of the Hy-Vee in Carroll. All locations are accepting unwanted drugs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. For other drop off locations click here for a list. Over the last ten National Prescription Drug Take Back Days, Iowans have safely disposed of nearly 30 tons of obsolete prescription drugs, or about three tons during each one-day event.  According to the DEA, approximately 27-hundred-63 tons or five-point-five million pounds-of unused medicines have been collected nationally since the start of the Take Back campaign in 2010.

 

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