Drug Take Back Day Planned In Basking Ridge

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Bernards Township Police will be teaming up with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to collect unwanted medication for "Operation Take Back" this spring.

On Saturday, April 26, the department will collect unused, unwanted, and expired medicine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bernards Township Police Department, 1 Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge.

The program is anonymous and all efforts will be made to protect the anonymity of those disposing of medications, police said. No questions or requests for identification will be made.

Medications should be taken out of their original containers and placed into paper or plastic bags.
Liquids, such as cough medicines, should be kept in their original containers.

Vape pens with non-removable batteries will not be accepted. They pose a danger to DEA personnel and incinerator staff involved in the destruction phase of the NTBI process because they may explode in the incinerator.

DEA will collect vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers only after the batteries are removed from the devices.

At the end of the program, the DEA will assume custody of the drug collection boxes and dispose of the contents in accordance with DEA policy.

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