CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — The Charles City County Sheriff’s Office is holding a Prescription Drug Take Again Day subsequent month, when deputies shall be amassing unused prescribed drugs, together with liquids.
The gathering is occurring on April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Sheriff’s Workplace on 10780 Courthouse Highway.
Though authorities don’t sometimes settle for liquids on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Days, Charles Metropolis County Sheriff’s Workplace PSAP & Workplace Supervisor DaVon Jones stated that the DEA is permitting the gathering of liquid medicines subsequent month for a number of websites.
“They will convey any medication that they’ve,” Jones stated. “We had a problem the place individuals had are available in and requested to drop off some liquid type [of drugs] and we couldn’t take it.”
Jones stated that the Sheriff’s Workplace has since cleared the gathering of liquid medication with the DEA, in order that residents will be capable to eliminate these undesirable or unused medicines on April 24.
The Charles Metropolis County Sheriff’s Workplace shall be requiring those that attend the Prescription Drug Take Again Day to put on their masks and preserve social distancing. However the format of the occasion has not but been determined.
“As of proper now, we don’t know whether or not we’re going to do the drive-up or if we’re going to do the walk-in,” Jones stated. “If the climate is okay, we’re going to do a drive-thru type.”
The DEA’s Take Again Day occasions present a chance for residents to forestall drug dependancy and overdose deaths. Regionally, different legislation enforcement businesses shall be internet hosting a Prescription Drug Take Again Day on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.:
- Chesterfield County Police Division
- John Tyler Neighborhood Faculty Chester Campus, Nicholas Scholar Heart, 13101 Jefferson Davis Freeway
- Henrico County Police Division
- Henrico Coaching Heart, 7701 E. Parham Highway
- Japanese Henrico Recreation Heart, 1440 N. Laburnum Avenue
- Wegmans, 12200 Wegmans Boulevard
- Henrico County Sheriff’s Workplace
- Henrico Coaching Heart, 7701 E. Parham Highway
- Hopewell Police Division
- Hopewell-Prince George Driving College, 311 Cavalier Sq.
- Powhatan County Sheriff’s Workplace
- Powhatan County Sheriff’s Workplace, 3880 Previous Buckingham Highway
This checklist shall be up to date as further native legislation enforcement businesses announce their participation particulars.
Needles can’t be accepted. These handing over vape pens and e-cigarette gadgets should take away the batteries.
