Credit: Kathy Kraeck
Local police are teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Administration to hold a prescription drug take-back day this Saturday.
The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day drive happens this Saturday from from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will take place at sites throughout the county, several in the Levittown area.
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The event gives residents a chance to safely get ride of unwanted, unused or expired medications that otherwise may end up being used illegally or in the public water system.
According to the county:
In Bucks County, Bucks Promise for Youth and Communities has joined forces with the Bucks County Commissioners, the Department of Health, Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc., Bucks County Area Agency on Aging, Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and Bucks County Detectives, working with local law enforcement to provide 28 drop-off locations for prescription and over-the-counter medications.
The last county-wide collection event was in April and netted 6,710 pounds of unused prescription medication.
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Residents can go to any one of the locations in the county, no questions asked and drop off their medications to local police department sites where an officer and volunteers will be available.
- Bristol Borough Municipal Building, 250 Pond Street, Bristol
- Bristol Township Building, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol
- Bucks County Free Library, 7311 New Falls Rd., Levittown
- Falls Township Police Department, 188 Lincoln Highway, Fairless Hills
- Grundy Gardens, 430 South Olds Blvd., Fairless Hills
- Langhorne Borough Hall, 114 East Maple Avenue, Langhorne
- Giant, 4001 New Falls Road, Middletown
- Target, 2331, East Lincoln Highway, Middletown
- Penndel Police Department, 300 South Bellview Avenue, Penndel
- Tullytown Police Department, 500 Main Street, Tullytown
