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Dispose Of Unused Prescription Drugs At Roundup Event
September 16, 2010
The Escambia County Sheriff’s and the Drug Enforcement Administration have planned a prescription drug round-up for September 25.
Law enforcement officials will be at two locations in Escambia County on September 25th to collect potentially dangerous prescription drugs from citizens.
This event will provide the community with an opportunity to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medication to law enforcement for destruction.
“Prescription drug abuse is not uncommon in our community and this is an opportunity for members of our community to get rid of their unwanted drugs before they fall into the hands of someone who may misuse them,” Sheriff David Morgan said.
Escambia County deputies will collect the prescription drugs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m at the Walgreen’s at 4497 Mobile Highway and at CVS at 2090 South Highway 29.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will also be available at these locations with information on the environmental benefits and ways citizens should dispose of prescription drugs properly. DEP will also be collecting retail plastic bags. Citizens who bring in 25 or more plastic bags for recycling will receive a reusable shopping bag, a microfiber cloth or a day pass to any Florida State Park, while supplies last.
This event is a part of a national take-back effort. For more information concerning the prescription drug round-up, please contact the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Community Oriented Policing Unit at (850)436-9496.
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10 Responses to “Dispose Of Unused Prescription Drugs At Roundup Event”
deBugger……….THANKS so much for that info.
I never knew that and will keep that in mind.
Don’t flush meds. It has been proven that they eventually make their way into the water supply, mutating fish, amphibians, shellfish, & anything that eats them or drinks water that has cycled through the system.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23503485
http://www.naturalnews.com/water_supply.html
Saving unused drugs sounds good in theory but in reality you must realize that they have an expiration date. I worked at a pharmaceutical manufacturing company years ago and learned that after a couple of years the pills start to loose potency, so if you have antibiotics from 3 years ago the odds are they do nothing when you take them. At that point whatever you think you have could get worse and not better. I think we all like to diagnose ourselves but we have to realize we don’t have that MD after our names. Internet web sites give out wonderful information but we can apply symptoms from just about anything to what we are currently feeling.
why not flush them?
Umm am I the only one who finds this odd?? Why wouldnt you just throw them in the trash? Wouldnt that be better than driving and giving it to them. Save gas and a trip we all have trash cans! I just think something more is going on here they just are not saying the 100% truth. I might be wrong it just dont make sense to me. Seems fishy!!?!?!?!
Yeah, sounds tricky – I agree, I would be tempted to take them out of the bottles with my name on them, but also would keep them with the prescription container with label to prove they are mine. I agree that it might be better to hold on to some you could use later (pain meds, etc), but who can use antibiotics _later_? When you are prescribed antibiotics, you are supposed to take ALL of them.
I hope there are safeguards to ensure they are disposed of properly and those bringing medications get that reassurance that they won’t wind up in the wrong hands. We should trust law enforcement, but too darn many have been setting poor examples lately that I am not sure how much trust most people have in them as a whole.
Are they nuts? Medical costs are high, I keep all my prescriptions you never know when you need anti biotics again if you get sick and can’t afford the doctors visit.
You never know if you get hurt and need a pain pill, or get a cold, infection etc.
Do they plan to reimburse for the full cost of these disposed pills? I doubt it
The sad thing is some of us have drugs that are perfectly usable for
ppl who can’t afford them and yet the police are going to have to
destroy them.
How sad as none of my presciptions are pain pills but
antibiotics that I have allergies to and they can’t give them
to someone who otherwise may have to pay hundreds of dollars for,
and you know they can’t afford them.
AND thats just the tip of the iceberg, I know I have lots of celebrex
and things that I also was allergic to and they are not out of date and
only one or two are missing from the whole bottle.
WHAT A WASTE
It’s like throwing away money. Some of my prescriptions were 233.00
for one bottle.
BUT alas I will be there on the 25th to watch money go down the drain.
Are we suppose to put them in plastic bags and take them out of our
bottles?
I sure wouldn’t want to find out they ended up in the wrong hands with
my name on them.!!!!
It’s not like it would be the first time something in police impound was
stolen.
I wish that someone up here where I live would do this! I have so many that need to be disposed of, but I do not want to flush them and put all of these in our water systems (that may not can filter them out)…..Maybe I need to make a few calls today!
Thats a great way for the corrupt cops to get some narcotics. Imagine that.