Crime & Safety

Watchung-Area Cops Want Your Expired Drugs: Operation Take Back

The Watchung and Green Brook police departments are two of dozens of New Jersey locations where you may drop off medicine Saturday.

The Watchung and Green Brook police departments are participating in Operation Take Back Saturday.
The Watchung and Green Brook police departments are participating in Operation Take Back Saturday. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

WATCHUNG/GREEN BROOK, NJ — The Watchung and Green Brook police departments will be accepting unused or expired medication for Operation Take Back Saturday.

Residents will be able to safely dispose of their medicine at the Watchung Police Department at 840 Somerset St. and the Green Brook Police Department at 109 Greenbrook Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Medication may be disposed in its original container or deposited directly into the drug disposal box. Police encourage participants to remove the prescription label.

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Liquid products should remain sealed in their original containers.

Syringes and other sharp objects will not be accepted.

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