Havre de Grace Coronavirus: National Drug Take Back Day Canceled

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — Havre de Grace police have canceled the National Drug Take Back Day event scheduled for April 25, the department announced Thursday morning on Facebook. Unless the department learns the spread of the new coronavirus is subsiding and another spring event can be scheduled, the next Drug Take Back event will be held October 24, 2020.

Police said the department's drug box, located outside of the entrance to the Havre de Grace Police Department, is still open and accepting unwanted, expired, damaged or excess medications.

National Drug Take Back Day is an effort by the Drug Enforcement Administration to prevent abuse of prescription drugs and put a stop to drug addiction and overdose deaths.

According to a 2018 study, 9.9 million Americans misused prescription drugs. Many of those drugs were obtained from family and friends or from a home medicine cabinet, the DEA said.

Those who wish to dispose of unwanted drugs can still do so at one of six drop boxes across Harford County.

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

Drug deposit boxes are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.