Montco Residents Asked To Dispose Expired And Unwanted Medicine

Norristown PA

20 April, 2022

10:48 AM

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NORRISTOWN, PA — Police across Montgomery County are ready to collect all unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications as part of Drug Take Back Day, organized by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and the Police Chiefs Association of Montgomery County. The event runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 30 with 29 collection sites across Montgomery County, including at police departments, grocery stores, an elementary school and a public library. "Since 2010 when this Drug Take Back program started in Montgomery County, we have collected and safely disposed of approximately 98,000 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medicines," District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Steele said getting drugs out of homes help save overdoses. This year, the county hopes top collect more than 100,000 pounds of medication. Residents are asked to put the pills in Ziploc baggie and drop it off at a participating police department. The accepted drugs include over-the-counter tablets and capsules, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medicines and vaping products. Not accepted are needles, liquid meds and intravenous/injectable solutions. The are the locations of the collection sites: Cheltenham Police Department, 8230 Old York Rd., Elkins ParkDouglass Township Police Department, 1320 East Philadelphia Ave., GilbertsvilleFranconia Township Police Department at Franconia Elementary School, 366 Harleysville Pk., Souderton Hatboro Police Department, 120 E. Montgomery Ave., Hatboro Lansdale Borough Police Department, 1 Vine St., Lansdale Limerick Township Police Department, 646 W. Ridge Pk., Limerick Lower Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1130 N. Bethlehem Pk., Spring House Lower Moreland Township Police Department, 640 Red Lion Rd., Huntingdon Valley Lower Providence Township Police Department, 100 Parklane Dr., Eagleville Plymouth Township Police Department, 700 Belvoir Rd., Plymouth Pottstown Police Department, 100 E. High St., Pottstown Rockledge Borough Police Department, 1 Park Ave., Rockledge Royersford Borough Police Department, 300 Main St., Royersford Souderton Police Department, 31 W. Summit St., Souderton Springfield Township Police Department, 1510 Paper Mill Rd., Wyndmoor Towamencin Township Police Department, 1090 Troxel Rd., Lansdale Upper Dublin Township Police Department at Upper Dublin Public Library, 520 Virginia Dr., Fort Washington 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 Township Police Department, 1420 Heather Pl., Pottstown West Conshohocken Borough Police Department, 112 Ford St., West Conshohocken West Norriton Township Police Department, 1630 W. Marshall St., Norristown Whitemarsh Township Police Department, 616 E. Germantown Pk., Lafayette Hills Whitpain Township Police Department, 960 Wentz Rd., Blue Bell Grocery store locations staffed by police: Giant Food Store (Upper Moreland Police), 315 York Rd., Willow Grove Giant Food Store (Montgomery Township Police), 1201 Knapp Rd., North Wales Wegmans at Montgomery Mall (Montgomery Township Police), 500 Montgomery Mall, North Wales Wegmans (Upper Providence Township Police), 600 Commerce Drive, Collegeville The last Drug Take Back Day in October 2021 yielded 6,096 pounds of prescriptions and over-the counter medications. Some of the boxes were donated by Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association and Pennsylvania American Water to help keep the water supply safe.