National Drug Take-Back Day set for the weekend

This Saturday, the National Drug Enforcement Administration will kick off its 8th annual “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.”

The nationwide event provides you with a safe outlet to properly dispose of expired and unused prescription medications cluttering your medicine cabinets. The DEA says the goal of the event is to help keep dangerous drugs off the streets and out of the wrong hands to prevent abuse and accidental overdoses.

The DEA says it also reduces the number of medications flushed downed toilets, which can lead to contamination of our water supply. During the event, anyone can stop by and dispose any type of prescription drugs with no questions asked.

People can drop off unused or expired medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations:

Adams County:

Gettysburg Area Recreation Park (545 Long Lane, Gettysburg)

Gettysburg Barracks – Pennsylvania State Police (3033 Old Harrisburg Road, Gettysburg)

Alpha Fire Co. #1 (40 East King Street, Littlestown)

Bermudian Springs School Complex (7335 Carlisle Pike, York Springs)

Biglerville Hose and Truck Co. #1 (111 South Main Street, Biglerville)

Eastern Adams Regional Police Station (110 North Berlin Avenue, New Oxford)

Fairfield Fire & EMS Department (106 Steelman Street, Fairfield)

Hanover Giant Pharmacies (455 Eisenhower Drive and at 801 Baltimore Street)

Cumberland County:

GIANT Food Stores—5301 Simpson Ferry Roads, Mechanicsburg

GIANT Food Stores—310 E. Penn Drive, Enola

GIANT Food Stores—397 Baltimore Road, Shippensburg

Dauphin County:

Harrisburg Barracks—Pennsylvania State Police (8000 Bretz Drive, Harrisburg)

Elizabethville Barracks—Pennsylvania State Police (301 State Drive, Elizabethville)

Derry Township Police: Bring your pills for disposal to the Hershey Public Library (701 Cocoa Ave. Hershey)

GIANT Food Stores—450 East Main Street, Middletown

GIANT Food Stores– 5074 Jonestown Road, Harrisburg

GIANT Food Stores—2300 Lingelstown Road, Harrisburg

Franklin County:

Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1730 Lincoln Way East, Chambersburg, PA 17201

Lancaster County:

GIANT Food Stores—1008 Lititz Pike, Lititz

GIANT Food Stores—1278 S. Market Street, Elizabethtown

Lebanon County:

Jonestown Barracks—Pennsylvania State Police (3185 Route 72, Jonestown)

South Londonderry Township Municipal Building, 20 W. Market St., Campbelltown

Cornwall Borough Municipal Building, 36 Burd Coleman Road, Cornwall

Perry County:

Newport Barracks—Pennsylvania State Police (52 Red Hill Court, Newport)

York County:

Wal-Mart Supercenter, 495 Eisenhower Drive, Hanover, PA 17331

GIANT Food Stores—14635 Mt. Airy Road, Shrewsbury

GIANT Food Stores—1255 Carlisle Road, York

GIANT Food Stores—279 Pauline Drive, York

GIANT Food Stores—3175 Cape Horn Road, Red Lion

GIANT Food Stores—455 Eisenhower Drive, Hanover

GIANT Food Stores—801 Baltimore Street, Hanover

GIANT Food Stores—2130 Palomino Road, Dover

Agencies/Canadajournal