Strongsville Hosting Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 22

STRONGSVILLE, OH - Strongsville Police will again participate in Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Officers will be in front of the police station, 18688 Royalton Rd., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to collect expired or unused prescription medication (pills only). The drugs will be turned over to the DEA for safe, proper disposal.

Sgt. Mike Grywalksy said the department participates in the collection twice a year to give residents a convenient way to dispose of medication they no longer need. Flushing pills or throwing them in the trash pollutes waterways and landfills.

There will be a collection station in the parking lot, so residents need not even get out of their cars to turn in medications.

Disposing of your medication properly is particularly important in Ohio, where addiction problems have erupted into a full-blown crisis. A new report from the Democratic staff of the Senate Finance Committee has called Ohio the face of the nation's opioid addiction epidemic, saying that nearly 86 percent of people suffering from dependence or misuse issues do not have access to the care they need.

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