Amador County – The Amador County Sheriff’s Department plans to take back old prescription drugs as part of the national effort this Saturday at the county General Services Administration parking lot on Sutter Hill.
The Sheriff’s Department announced Monday that “in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration,” the ACSO “will again participate in the nationwide Take-Back Initiative” Saturday, Oct. 29.
“Americans participating in the DEA’s two previous National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day events turned in more than 309 tons of pills at more than 5,300 sites manned by more than 3,800 federal, state and local law enforcement partners, including the Amador County Sheriff’s Office.”
“In an effort to prevent increased pill abuse and theft,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Department announced that it “will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction at one location within Amador County. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.”
ACSO in a release said the “initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are increasing at alarming rates according to the recently released 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The same study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.”
The Amador County Sheriff’s Office “recognizes the importance of community involvement and urges the citizens of Amador County to take this opportunity to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.”
ACSO will take back prescriptions drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Amador County General Services parking lot, at 12200 B Airport Road in Martell.
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