724 Pounds Of Drugs Surrendered During Morris County Take-Back Day

MENDHAM, NJ — Over 724 pounds of prescription drugs were handed over to Morris County this Saturday, as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.

372 of those pounds were given to locations run by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office; the rest were dropped off at local police departments.

“This program has proven to be an effective method for the appropriate discarding of unused and unwanted medications. Curbing the abuse of medications not only benefits individuals, but benefits society as a whole,” Prosecutor Fredrick Knapp said.

All collected medicine is incinerated by the DEA; another nation-wide take-back day will be scheduled in the fall.

"We appreciate the efforts of the prosecutor and his staff and local police departments to organize this effective program," said Morris County Freeholder Tom Mastrangelo, the county governing board's liaison on law and public safety issues. "Getting these drugs out of circulation means there is less chance of them falling into the wrong hands."

Miss Take-Back Day but still have extra pills Check http://safehealthymorris.org/d... for a list of permanent drop box locations nearest you.

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