PHOTOS: Drug Collections Successful Despite Dreary Weather

On a dreary, rainy cold Saturday morning, a steady stream of vehicles delivered bags of medications for proper disposal, collection organizers said.

For the fourth year, the Waukesha County Drug Free Communities Coalition held a collection drive for old, expired and unneeded medications.

All four years the weather has been cold and rainy, organizers said.

"The day we hold a drug collection do not schedule a picnic," laughed Sandra Schultz, co-chair of the Drug-Free Communities Coalition.

Collections were held at seven Waukesha County sites Saturday, including the Brookfield Recycling Center where the actual drive-through drop-off occurred inside a city public works garage.

Although the amount collected was not yet totaled, Schultz said the amount seemed comparable to last year when 1,200 pounds of drugs were disposed of from the Brookfield site alone.

In the past three years, a total of more than 12,000 pounds of medications have been collected county-wide and disposed by volunteers, including officials from Walgreens pharmacy locations.

The effort helps keeps drugs away from those who abuse them, and out of public water supplies.

More information about the Drug-Free coalition is available on its website.