Drug recovery day is set for October 23 – timesherald

NORRISTOWN – Montgomery County Police are on standby to collect all unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs as part of Medication Take Back Day, hosted by the Montgomery County Attorney’s Office and the Chiefs Association Montgomery County Police. The event, at participating county police departments and three grocery stores, will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

“Since 2010, when this drug take-back program began in Montgomery County, we have collected and safely disposed of approximately 92,000 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs. It’s an incredible amount, and certainly by taking these drugs out of homes we have avoided a youth overdose accident or worse, ”District Attorney Steele said. “With this day of drug recovery, we are looking to cross the 100,000 pounds mark. Residents should put the pills or the entire pill container in a Ziploc bag and drop it off at a participating police department. It’s so easy. “

Prescription and over-the-counter tablets and capsules, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medications, and vaping products are accepted during Medication Withdrawal Day and throughout the day. year in the permanent MedReturn boxes. Needles, liquid medications and intravenous / injectable solutions are not accepted.

Sites participating in this upcoming recovery day include police departments and grocery stores. The current list of locations includes:

Bridgeport Police Department, 65 W. 4th Street, Bridgeport

Cheltenham Police Department, 8230 Old York Rd, Elkins Park

Collegeville Police Department, 491 E. Main St., Collegeville

Douglass Township Police Department, 1320 East Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville

East Norriton Police Department, 2501 Stanbridge Street, East Norriton

Hatboro Police Department, 120 E. Montgomery Ave., Hatboro

Hatfield Township Police Department at Administration Building, 1950 School Road, Hatfield

Lansdale Police Department, 1 Vine Street, Lansdale

Limerick Township Police Department, 646 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick

Lower Merion Police Department, 71 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore

Lower Moreland Police Department, 640 Red Lion Rd., Huntingdon Valley

Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department at Sanatoga Fire Department, 2222 E. High St., Pottstown
Lower Providence Township Police Department, 100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville

Marlborough Township Police Department, 6040 Upper Ridge Rd., Green Lane

Montgomery Township Police Department at the Township of Montgomery Community and Recreation Center, 1030 Horsham Rd., Montgomeryville

Narberth Police Department, 100 Conway Ave., Narberth

New Hanover Township Police Department, 2943 N. Charlotte St., Gilbertsville

North Wales Borough Police Department at Borough Hall, 300 School Street, North Wales

· Pennsylvania State Police — Skippack Barracks, 2047C Bridge Rd., Schwenksville

Pottstown Police Department, 100 E. High St., Pottstown

Souderton Police Department, 31 W. Summit Street, Souderton

Springfield Township Police Department, 1510 Paper Mill Rd., Wyndmoor

Towamencin Township Police Department, 1090 Troxel Rd., Lansdale

Upper Dublin Township Police Department, 801 Loch Alsh Ave., Fort Washington

Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1 Parkside Place, West Point

Upper Merion Township Police Department, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia

Upper Moreland Township Police Department, 117 Park Ave., Willow Grove

Upper Perk Police Department, 88 W. 6th St., Pennsburg

Upper Pottsgrove Police Department, 1420 Heather Place, Pottstown

West Conshohocken Police Department, 112 Ford St., West Conshohocken

West Norriton Township Police Department, 1630 W. Marshall St., Norristown

West Pottsgrove Township Police Department, 980 Grosstown Rd., Stowe

Whitemarsh Township Police Department, 616 E. Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hills

Whitpain Township Police Department, 960 Wentz Rd., Blue Bell

Police grocery store staff:

Giant Grocery Store (Upper Moreland Police), 315 York Rd., Willow Grove

Wegmans at Montgomery Shopping Center (Montgomery Township Police), North Wales

Wegmans (Upper Providence Township Police), 600 Commerce Drive, Collegeville

The last day of drug recovery in April 2021 resulted in 7,252 pounds of prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. Since the medication take-back program began in 2010, over 92,000 pounds of medication have been collected and safely disposed of.

If residents cannot make it to Medication Take-Back Day on October 23, unwanted medications can be dropped off and disposed of throughout the year in over 50 permanent prescription drug disposal boxes, including most are located in police departments. Some of these boxes were sponsored by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and others by Pennsylvania American Water in an effort to ensure the safety of our water supply.