City PD to hold fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
NORWICH – The Norwich City Police Department, partnered with the federal Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration, will hold a fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Norwich Police Station, 18 East Main St.
Those wishing to dispose of what Norwich Police Chief Joseph Angelino called “potentially dangerous” expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs can do so by dropping them off at the station’s front lobby. The service, added Angelino, is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
“We conducted this same event in October, 2011, and it was an overwhelming success,” said Angelino. “We anticipate we’ll be just as busy this Saturday.”
Last September, more than 242,000 pounds – 121 tons – of prescription drugs were turned in countrywide at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA, with more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement agencies participating, including the Norwich PD. According to Angelino, the city’s police force reported hundreds of pounds of unwanted narcotics collected.
Said Norwich Police Detective Michael Purdy, “We ran out of boxes and had to fill garbage bags.”
The initiative, said Angelino, addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. According to the police chief, medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. In addition, rates of prescription drug abuse across the country are “alarmingly high,” said Angelino, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained by family and friends, including those taken from the home medicine cabinet. Flushing medicines down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – at one time the typical means of disposal – pose potential safety and health hazards, said the chief.
For more information contact the Norwich City PD at 334-1212.
Those wishing to dispose of what Norwich Police Chief Joseph Angelino called “potentially dangerous” expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs can do so by dropping them off at the station’s front lobby. The service, added Angelino, is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
“We conducted this same event in October, 2011, and it was an overwhelming success,” said Angelino. “We anticipate we’ll be just as busy this Saturday.”
Last September, more than 242,000 pounds – 121 tons – of prescription drugs were turned in countrywide at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA, with more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement agencies participating, including the Norwich PD. According to Angelino, the city’s police force reported hundreds of pounds of unwanted narcotics collected.
Said Norwich Police Detective Michael Purdy, “We ran out of boxes and had to fill garbage bags.”
The initiative, said Angelino, addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. According to the police chief, medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. In addition, rates of prescription drug abuse across the country are “alarmingly high,” said Angelino, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained by family and friends, including those taken from the home medicine cabinet. Flushing medicines down the toilet or throwing them in the trash – at one time the typical means of disposal – pose potential safety and health hazards, said the chief.
For more information contact the Norwich City PD at 334-1212.
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