City of Creedmoor issued the following announcement on Mar. 28.
Creedmoor Police Department invites the public to drop off their unused medication at the Operation Medicine Drop prescription drug take back event in Creedmoor on Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The goal of Operation Medicine Drop is to make sure unused or expired medication can be properly disposed of and kept out of the wrong hands and out of our water and environment.
Dangerous prescription pills and medication could not only hurt our loved ones but wind up in our water system. On average, four people per day die from an overdose in North Carolina; with 79% of those deaths involving some type of opioid. Due, in part to take-back events like these, the number of overdoses has decreased in the last few years.
Operation Medicine Drop (OMD) is a FREE, no questions asked, drug take-back program that gives people a safe and secure way to dispose of unwanted over-the counter and prescription medications.
Since 2010, Operation Medicine Drop campaigns have successfully incinerated more than 266 million pills collected through permanent drop boxes and more than 4,000 events across North Carolina.
Here are the details for Wednesday’s event:
WHO: Creedmoor Police Department
WHAT: Prescription Drug Take-Back event (Operation Medicine Drop)
WHEN: Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Media availability at 11 a.m.
WHERE: Creedmoor Community Center (Drive Thru)
116 Douglas Drive
Creedmoor, NC 27522
WHY:
Operation Medicine Drop aims to keep unused drugs out of the wrong hands and out of our water and environment.
To assure safety, the OMD event will only have a drive-thru option with social distancing.
Original source can be found here.
Source: City of Creedmoor
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