Drug Take-Back Day In Bel Air: 3 Locations Participating

BEL AIR, MD — You know all those old prescription bottles that you want to get out of the way? In Abingdon and Bel Air and locations around the country, you can dispose of unused medication on Saturday, Oct. 27, for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the drug take back event is held twice annually to help Americans safely dispose of expired and unused prescriptions. The majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet, according to the DEA.

Other methods of disposal — throwing unused drugs out with the trash or flushing them down the toilet — can cause environmental damage, the Environmental Protection Agency reports.

The following locations will be accepting unused meds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, or you can also find a collection site using the DEA locator:

Local prescription drug disposal events are happening in these areas around Bel Air:

• County administration building parking lot, 220 S. Main St., Bel Air
• Maryland State Police Bel Air barrack, 1401 Belair Rd., Bel Air
• Wegmans, 21 Wegmans Blvd., Abingdon

People can always dispose of unwanted medications at the Bel Air Police Department, at 39 North Hickory Avenue, which has a 24/7 drug drop-off box on site.

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There are seven places in Harford County that have drug drop-off boxes available 24/7:

• Bel Air Police Department, 39 North Hickory Avenue, Bel Air
• Harford Sheriff's Main Office, 45 S. Main Street, Bel Air
• State Police Bel Air Barrack, 1401 Belair Road, Bel Air
• Harford Sheriff's Northern Precinct, 3724 Norrisville Road, Jarrettsville
• Harford Sheriff's Southern Precinct, 1305 Pulaski Highway, Edgewood
• Havre de Grace Police Department, 715 Pennington Avnue, Havre de Grace
• Aberdeen Police Department, 60 N Parke Street, Aberdeen

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