National Drug Take Back Day: Dispose of old medications today!

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Montgomery County Police Department will hold National Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 29 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Montgomery County Police are offering three drop-off locations to those with expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. Officers with a collection box will be in the parking lots of the following police facilities:

• Montgomery County Police Headquarters - 2350 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD
• Montgomery County Police 5th District Station – 20000 Aircraft Drive, Germantown, MD
• Montgomery County Police 2nd District Station – 7359 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD

Residents can safely and confidentially dispose of all old prescription drugs at any of the six district police stations located in Rockville, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Wheaton, Germantown and Montgomery Village. Nationwide, almost 4,000 agencies participated in the two previous Drug Take Back Days, collecting more than 309 tons of pills.

The Food and Drug Administration recommends disposing of prescription drugs in the toilet or trash, but its policy does not consider the environmental effects of pharmaceuticals.

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