Limerick PD Debuts Prescription Drop-Off Box

The Limerick Police Department showed off a new prescription medication drop-off box at the department's offices Thursday, the same day that Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman announced a county-wide launch of the collection program. 

Limerick Police Chief William Albany wrote on the department's Facebook page that the program's purpose is to keep prescription medication from being "found and misused by others, which often leads to a path of addiction and criminal activity."

Ferman said in a press release, "Our law enforcement professionals recognize the steady growth of prescription drug abuse in the community, particularly among our youth.  We have seen time and again that addiction often begins with minors stealing powerful narcotics from their parents’ medicine cabinets. This includes Oxycontin, Percocet and many other highly addictive prescription medications."

Additionally, the program will keep medications out of the water supply because the drugs won't be flushed down the toilet.

Limerick Township Board of Supervisors vice-president Elaine DeWan was the first to drop off medications Thursday to inaugurate the program. 

Drop-off boxes are available at police departments in Abington, Franconia, Hatfield, Limerick, Lower Merion, Pottstown, Souderton, and Upper Merion, and at the county courthouse in Norristown, according to a press release from the DA's office. 

Limerick's drop-off box is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for legal holidays.