Several Area Police Departments Participating In National Drug Take Back Day

Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That’s dangerous and often tragic.

The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.

The Ellwood City and Franklin Township are among those area police departments participating in the drug take back program on Saturday, April 30 that is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Residents may use the opportunity to turn in unused or expired medication for safe disposal.

Drug take back boxes can be found at additional nearby locations below during usual business hours:

• Beaver Falls City Police Department, 715 15th St.
• Brighton Health Mart, 525 5th Ave.
• Brighton Township Police Department, 1400 Brighton Road
• Chippewa Township Police Department, 2811 Darlington Road
• Ellwood City Police Department, 525 Lawrence Ave.
• Franklin Township Police Department, 897 State Route 288
• New Brighton Borough Police Department, 610 Third Ave.
• New Castle Police Department,
• New Sewickley Township Police Department, 233 Miller Road
• Patterson Township Municipal Building, 1600 19th Ave.
• North Sewickley Township Municipal Building, 899 Mercer Road

For more information, please visit www.dea.gov/takebackday