Medications stored in home cabinets can become a public safety issue and wind up in the wrong hands, too often becoming a gateway to addiction. InnerAct Alliance, StandUP Polk and our law enforcement partners throughout Polk County invite you to help make our community safer by turning in your expired or unwanted Human and Pet Medication at our community’s Drug Enforcement Administration Spring Rx Take Back next Saturday, April 27, from 10am-2pm.
Visit
any of (6) participating Polk County police department locations listed
below to turn in human and pet meds in liquid or solid form as well as vaping
pens and e-cigarette devices (batteries removed). Please place medication in a
clear, air-tight plastic bag.
Medication can also be turned in at permanent drop sites, funded by GiveWell Community Foundation, at police department locations in: Auburndale (weekdays 8-5); Haines City (weekdays 8-5); Lakeland (24hrs/7days); Lake Alfred (24hrs/7days); Lake Hamilton (weekdays 8-5); and Winter Haven (weekdays 8-5). Permanent drop boxes can only accept medication in solid form (no liquids or syringes).
This
event helps educate about the potential for misuse and offers a convenient and
responsible means of disposal. Previous medication collections in Polk since
2010 have resulted in approximately 28,547 pounds of recovered pharmaceuticals
safely disposed of via incineration. We urge parents to lock your medicine
cabinet to keep all medications out of the reach of children.
For more information on our local Prescription Drug Take-Back event, please contact the StandUP Polk coalition at (863) 802-0777.
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