The Town of Windsor Police Department is participating in National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, September 26, 2015. Working in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), residents will be able to drop off expired or unused prescription drugs between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm at the Windsor Police Department 200 North 11th St., Windsor.
This gives the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The service is FREE and anonymous, no questions asked.
ITEMS WHICH CANNOT BE ACCEPTED FOR TAKE BACK PROGRAMS include needles & sharps, mercury (thermometers), oxygen containers, chemotherapy/radioactive substances, pressurized canisters, or illicit drugs.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.
