Health & Fitness

Glen Cove Sheds More Than 150 Pounds of Unwanted Meds

A Shed the Meds event was held last week.

More than 150 pounds of unwanted medicine and medical sharps were collected in Glen Cove this past week.

Members of Glen Cove S.A.F.E., EMS and the police department partnered together to hold a Shed the Meds Program and collected the medicine through resident drop-offs.

“This is an important program and we are clearly getting results,” Mayor Reggie Spinello said in a press release. “The more unwanted meds we get out of our communities cabinets through programs like this, the less likely they are to end up in the hands of a child, curious teenager or addict. This is the frontline on the war against prescription drug abuse and addiction.”

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The next Shed the Meds event will be held on September 24, behind the Glen Cove Police Department on Bridge Street.

Image via City of Glen Cove: Ann-Marie Gailius, Sharon Harris, Georgie Connett, Councilwoman Pam Panzenbeck, Councilman Nick DiLeo Jr., Police Officer Katherine Theodorou, and Mayor Reggie Spinello

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