Fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Scheduled - 04.28.12

United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced that the Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications.
West Virginia residents that participated in the three previous take-back days turned in more than 9,258 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal.
This service is FREE and anonymous.
Items that cannot be dropped off include needles and sharps, mercury thermometers, chemotherapy and radioactive substances, pressurized canisters and illicit drugs.
Collection sites in the Northern District of West Virginia include the West Virginia State Police Barracks in each county as well as the following locations:
• BARBOUR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• BRAXTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• BRIDGEPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT
• BROOKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• CLARKSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
• DODDRIDGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• FAIRMONT POLICE DEPARTMENT
• GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• LEWIS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• LUMBERPORT POLICE DEPARTMENT
• MARSHALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• MINERAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• MONONGALIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• MOOREFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT
• MORGANTOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT
• MOUNDSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
• OHIO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• PENDLETON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• PLEASANTS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• POCOHONTAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• PRESTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• RITCHIE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• SHINNSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
• TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• TUCKER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• TYLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• UPSHER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• WARDENSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
• WEBSTER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• WEIRTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
• WETZEL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
• WHEELING POLICE DEPARTMENT