April 24 is Drug Take Back Day
Saturday, April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, raising awareness and providing the opportunity for citizens to properly dispose of unused or expired prescription medications from their homes.
“This helps communities to protect our children, our water and our food supplies and helps decrease the availability of drugs to be abused,” states Urbana Police Chief in a news release..
The Urbana Police Division, Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, Mechanicsburg Police Department and the St. Paris Police Department all have secure Drug-Drop boxes located at their agencies. These make it easy for citizens to safely dispose of expired and unneeded drugs throughout the year.
A Mechanicsburg man whose body was discovered by fishermen in the Susquehanna River in January died of an accidental freshwater drowning, acco…
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