Sheriff’s Office to participate in ‘Drug Take-Back Day’
CHENANGO COUNTY – The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is participating in National Drug Take-Back Day, set to be held Saturday, April 30.
This initiative is led by the United State Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration. It’s the 11th consecutive year this has been in place.
According to authorities with the CCSO, the purpose of the ‘Take-back’ is two fold. It is to help keep drugs of abuse from being resold or taken illegally. Further, it is to cut down on groundwater contamination.
It was said that some of the drugs do not filter out when at landfills or sewage treatment facilities. The remnants can then end up in the area’s groundwater.
Chenango County Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr. said, “Over the past year, we have taken in upwards of 60 pounds of these medications between the annual Take-Back Initiative and drop-offs here at the Sheriff’s Office. That’s a significant amount of medications that will not end up in the wrong hands, or in our nation’s water system as we incinerate them as a means of disposal.”
With regard to transport and drop off of medications, the CCSO said is completely anonymous. No names or other personal information will be collected.
Further, possession of the medication to transport to the drop off location is permitted.
“This is an opportunity for citizens to properly dispose of their unwanted, unused and/or expired controlled, non-controlled, and over the counter medications,” said Cutting. “This one day effort is held to bring national focus to the issue of pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse.”
The two locations within the county for drop off this Saturday are at the Afton Town Hall, 204 County Road 39 in the Town of Afton, and at the Otselic Fire Department, 1577 State Highway 26 in the Town of South Otselic.
If one would like to dispose of unwanted or unused medications but is unable to make it to one of the two locations on Saturday, medications can be turned in at the CCSO any weekday throughout the year, with no questions asked. The hours for these drop offs are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. through 4 p.m.
Said Cutting, “The importance of the proper disposal of unused, unwanted and expired medications cannot be overstated. Proper disposal of such medications helps to reduce harm from accidental exposure or intentional misuse.”
“We at the Sheriff’s Office will continue to look for proactive ways to keep all drugs off our streets, and out of our homes and playgrounds,” Cutting added.
For further information, residents are asked to contact Lieutenant Richard Cobb at 337-1924 for questions regarding the drug take-back event.
This initiative is led by the United State Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration. It’s the 11th consecutive year this has been in place.
According to authorities with the CCSO, the purpose of the ‘Take-back’ is two fold. It is to help keep drugs of abuse from being resold or taken illegally. Further, it is to cut down on groundwater contamination.
It was said that some of the drugs do not filter out when at landfills or sewage treatment facilities. The remnants can then end up in the area’s groundwater.
Chenango County Sheriff Ernest R. Cutting Jr. said, “Over the past year, we have taken in upwards of 60 pounds of these medications between the annual Take-Back Initiative and drop-offs here at the Sheriff’s Office. That’s a significant amount of medications that will not end up in the wrong hands, or in our nation’s water system as we incinerate them as a means of disposal.”
With regard to transport and drop off of medications, the CCSO said is completely anonymous. No names or other personal information will be collected.
Further, possession of the medication to transport to the drop off location is permitted.
“This is an opportunity for citizens to properly dispose of their unwanted, unused and/or expired controlled, non-controlled, and over the counter medications,” said Cutting. “This one day effort is held to bring national focus to the issue of pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse.”
The two locations within the county for drop off this Saturday are at the Afton Town Hall, 204 County Road 39 in the Town of Afton, and at the Otselic Fire Department, 1577 State Highway 26 in the Town of South Otselic.
If one would like to dispose of unwanted or unused medications but is unable to make it to one of the two locations on Saturday, medications can be turned in at the CCSO any weekday throughout the year, with no questions asked. The hours for these drop offs are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. through 4 p.m.
Said Cutting, “The importance of the proper disposal of unused, unwanted and expired medications cannot be overstated. Proper disposal of such medications helps to reduce harm from accidental exposure or intentional misuse.”
“We at the Sheriff’s Office will continue to look for proactive ways to keep all drugs off our streets, and out of our homes and playgrounds,” Cutting added.
For further information, residents are asked to contact Lieutenant Richard Cobb at 337-1924 for questions regarding the drug take-back event.
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