DEA NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY - LAKEPORT, CA
Date: October 22, 2019
For Further information contact Lieutenant Dale Stoebe or Evidence Technician Tammy Prather
Please join us on October 26, 2019 from 9am to 1pm at the Lakeport Police Department 2025 South Main Street as we work with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to properly dispose of unused or expired prescription and over the counter drugs.
Several thousand police agencies are expected to hold events throughout the United States on the same day. These events typically take in around 900,000 pounds of prescription drugs. Proper disposal of expired or unused prescription drugs saves lives and protects the environment.
Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why it is great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of prescription drugs. Additionally, if not properly disposed of these drugs can contaminate the environment and our water sources.
This event will further our efforts since January to help remove unused or expired dangerous drugs from homes in our community which so far this year equals over 248 pounds of drugs.
Police officers and evidence staff will be on site to assist community members and offer educational materials. Additionally, we will be joined by our partners at Lake County Behavioral Health - Partners In Opioid Prevention who will offer educational materials on misuse and overdose of opioids and SafeRx Lake County who will also provide educational materials as well as Narcan Training and free Narcan kits. For additional information, see their Facebook pages here: https://www.facebook.com/LakeCountyCAPrevention/ & https://www.facebook.com/SafeRx-Lake-County-959998780805836/
At the conclusion of this event Lakeport Police Officers will transport the drugs out of county to deliver them to DEA Agents who will properly destroy them, by incineration, along with those collected by other police agencies across the United States.
There is no cost for community members to dispose of medications at this Take Back event and we will not collect information on people disposing of them.
Accepted: All over the counter or prescription medication in pill, tablet or capsule form including schedule II-V controlled and non-controlled substances.
Not Accepted: Illegal drugs, needles, liquids, inhalers, or aerosol cans.
The DEA has also announced that in an effort to help combat the continued vaping health crisis across the country, Vaping cartridges and devices without batteries now can be accepted at collection sites. Therefore we will accept them at our site as long as the batteries are in fact removed before being brought to the event. Devices with non-removable batteries cannot be accepted due to their potential fire hazard. For disposal of these device types, local hazardous waste management facilities or large electronic chain stores can be contacted.
We encourage you to share this in the community to raise awareness about safe and responsible vaping disposal!
Please refer to the below October 18, 2019 DEA press release link and attached flyer for further information about vaping device collection and National Take Back Day.
https://www.dea.gov/…/dea-accept-electronic-vaping-devices-…
For more information about Take Back and to locate collection sites visit: DEATakeBack.com< http://DEATakeBack.com
Persons bringing in medications to the event will be required to check in with a department staff member so that we can verify that only acceptable items are being placed in the container. All medication(s) shall be in their original container, other suitable plastic pill container or sealed zip lock freezer bag. If the prescription medications are in the original container, we do recommend that persons remove their personal information from the label.
See our Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/477072619804857/
