Drug Take Back is Saturday
Published 11:09 am Thursday, October 20, 2016
FARMVILLE — Police from Farmville and Longwood University will join law enforcement agencies across the nation Saturday in the National Drug Take Back Initiative. “This initiative is designed to remove potentially dangerous prescription and other medications from homes by allowing citizens to anonymously dispose of them in a safe manner,” police said in a press release. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. police will accept unwanted or expired medications at Midtown Square in downtown Farmville between Barnes & Noble Bookstore and Chick-fil-A. “Citizens may drive through to drop off medications, with no questions asked and without having to exit their vehicles,” police said in the release. “To remain anonymous, donors should remove the labels from all containers, or they may dump loose medications directly into our collection box. However, any liquids should remain sealed in their own containers. Intravenous solutions, injectables and syringes cannot be accepted at this time.” Police collected more than 110 pounds of unused or expired prescription drugs last April as part of the initiative.