Upper Dublin Participates In Montco Drug Take Back Day

NORRISTOWN, PA -- Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and the Police Chiefs Association of Montgomery County have announced the annual prescription drug Take Back Day, scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 30 at 26 locations throughout Montgomery County.

This spring’s Take Back Day, which coincides with the DEA’s nationwide Take Back Day, is a chance for Montgomery County residents to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications and dispose of them easily in a safe, environmentally friendly way.

Ridding medicine cabinets of these medications is an important step in combatting the growing opioid and heroin epidemic, which often begins with prescription medicines taken from a home medicine cabinet.

“Take Back Day helps decrease the supply of unwanted and unneeded prescription drugs that research shows are often the gateway for teens and young people to begin on the destructive path of drug addiction,” said Steele. “Collecting unwanted medications is just one way the District Attorney’s Office and law enforcement in Montgomery County are working together to combat drugs in our communities and decrease overdose deaths, which have been climbing dramatically in recent years. We’re asking all residents to do their part by cleaning out their cabinets of unneeded medications and dropping them off April 30th at one of our Take Back sites scattered throughout the county.”

The participating sites, listed below, will be staffed by police officers, members of the District Attorney’s Office and community volunteers.

The sites will accept prescription and over-the-counter tablets and capsules, liquid medications, inhalers, creams and ointments, nasal sprays and pet medications. Not accepted are intravenous and injectable solutions as well as needles.

Prescription medicines can be in their original prescription bottles with the label removed or can be placed in plastic bags. During the 2015 spring Montgomery County Take Back Day, 3,655 pounds of unwanted medications were collected at the collection sites and through the permanent boxes. That’s a huge jump from the 513 pounds collected during the county’s first Take Back Day in 2010, which reflects the growing awareness by the general public of the need to safely dispose of these medications, according to Steele.

In all of 2015, more than 7,800 pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications were collected and destroyed, and since the program’s inception, more than 17,000 pounds of unwanted or expired medication has been collected.

The following locations are taking part in the day for 2016:

Abington Township Police Department (24/7)
1166 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001

Bridgeport Borough Police Department (8 a.m.–4 p.m. M-F)
4th & Mill Streets, Bridgeport, PA 19405

Douglass Township Police Department (8 a.m.–4 p.m. M-F)
1320 E. Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville, PA 19525

East Norriton Township Police Department (8 a.m.–4 p.m. M-F)
2501 Stanbridge St., East Norriton, PA 19401

Franconia Township Police Department (24/7)
671 Allentown Road, Telford, PA 18969

Hatfield Township Police Department (24 hours M-F)
2000 School Road, Hatfield, PA 19440

Horsham Police Department (24/7)
1025 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044

Lansdale Borough Police Department (24/7)
35 Vine St., Lansdale, PA 19446

Limerick Township Police Department (8 a.m.–4 p.m. M-F)
646 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick, PA 19468

Lower Merion Township Police Department (24/7)
71 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003

Lower Moreland Township Police Department (7 a.m.-10:30 p.m. M-F; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat.)
640 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department (8 a.m.-10 p.m. M-F; anytime by appointment)
2199 Buchert Road, Pottstown, PA 19464

Lower Providence Township Police Department (7 a.m.-8 p.m. M-F)
100 Parklane Drive, Eagleville, PA 19403

Lower Salford Township Police Department (7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. M-F)
379 Main St., Harleysville, PA 19438

Marlborough Township Police Department (9 a.m.-2 p.m. M-F)
6040 Upper Ridge Road, Green Lane, PA 18054

Montgomery County Courthouse (8:30 a.m. –4:15 p.m. M-F)
Swede & Airy Streets, public entrances, Norristown, PA 19403

Montgomery Township Police Department (24/7)
1001 Stump Road, Montgomeryville, PA 18936

Narberth Borough Police Department (24/7)
100 Conway Ave., Narberth, PA 19072

New Hanover Township Police Department (24/7)
2943 N. Charlotte St., Gilbertsville, PA 19525

Plymouth Township Police Department (24/7)
700 Belvoir Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462

Pottstown Police Department (24/7)
100 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464

Royersford Police Department (8 a.m.–4 p.m. M-F)
300 Main St., Royersford, PA 19468

Souderton Police Department (24/7)
31 W. Summit St., Souderton, PA 18964

Telford Borough Police Department (7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. M-F)
100 Penn Avenue, Telford, PA 18969

Towamencin Township Police Department (8 a.m.-5 p.m. M-F, additional hours vary)
1090 Troxel Road, Kulpsville, PA 19443

Upper Dublin Township Police Department (24/7)
801 Loch Alsh Ave., Fort Washington, PA 19034

Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M-F)
One Parkside Place, North Wales, PA 19454

Upper Merion Township Police Department (24/7)
175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406

Upper Perkiomen Police Department (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M-F)
88 W. 6th St., Pennsburg, PA 18073

Upper Providence Township Police Department (8 a.m.-8 p.m. M-F)
1286 Black Rock Road, Oaks, PA 19456

West Norriton Township Police Department (7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. M-F)
1630 W. Marshall St., Jeffersonville, PA 19403

Whitpain Township Police Department (24/7)
960 Wentz Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422