Drug Take-Back Saturday In Loudoun County

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA—Checked your medicine cabinet lately? Surprised, perhaps, to find medications that have long since expired? Here's your chance to get rid of such things in the safest way possible.

Simply take part in the county's "Take-Back" program, put on by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, residents can take any potentially dangerous, expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs to the following five sites for no-questions-asked disposal:

• Wegmans at Dulles 28 Center, located at 45131 Columbia Place, Sterling
• Eastern Loudoun Sheriff’s Station, 46620 E. Frederick Drive, Sterling
• Western Loudoun Station, 47 W. Loudoun St., Round Hill

• Ashburn Station, 20272 Savin Hill Drive, Ashburn
• Dulles South Public Safety Center, 25216 Loudoun County Parkway, Chantilly

Said LCSO sheriff Mike Chapman in a release: "Recent research has shown that nearly 80 percent of Americans using heroin were introduced to opioids through prescription medication. It is imperative we remove any unused and unwanted medications from our homes, as most opioid users often get access to prescription medications from friends and relatives."

Image via LCSO