Permanent Drop Off Sites for Prescription Drug Take Back
SRSO to Participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day: Launches Permanent Drop-Off Sites
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office will participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Program on April 28, 2012 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the main Sheriff’s Office located at 5755 E. Milton Rd., Milton, FL. 32583 and the Gulf Breeze District Office located at1322 College Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL, 32563.
Sheriff Wendell Hall has endorsed this program which is spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Agency to provide a venue for persons who want to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. More than seven million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, according to the 2009 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Every day, approximately 2,500 teens use prescription drugs to get high for the first time, according to the Partnership for a Drug Free America. The majority of these drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the home medicine cabinet.
DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) in conjunction with state and local law enforcement agencies, throughout theUnited States, have conducted these drug take back events. Nearly 4,000 state and local law enforcement agencies have participated in these events, collecting more than 309 tons of pills. The DEA continues to hold these events every six months.
Anyone who wants to dispose of unwanted, expired, or unused prescription medications can drop them off on April 28, 2012 at the two above mentioned locations, where they will be properly disposed of by law enforcement and DEA personnel.
Sheriff Hall is also launching a new permanent program at the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office that will allow the public to come to any SRSO District Office and drop off prescription drugs, any day of the year during normal business hours. This will make it more convenient for our citizens to dispose of the drugs properly and safely at no charge. Drop boxes will be available at every district office (locations below) beginning Monday, April 30, 2012. Syringes and liquids will not be accepted at the SRSO drop boxes. Anyone can anonymously enter a district office and place prescription, and over the counter drugs, into the secure drop boxes at the following locations:
District One – Gulf Breeze Area
1322 CollegeParkway Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 (850) 981-2270 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
District Two -NavarreArea
8597 High School Blvd. Navarre, FL 32566 (850) 981-2250 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
District Three – Pace Area
4775 Pace Patriot Boulevard
Pace, FL 32571 (850) 981-2230 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
District Four -East MiltonArea
5755 East Milton Road Milton, FL 32583 (850) 983-1229 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
District Five – Jay Area
3695 Highway 4 Jay, FL 32565 (850) 675-4335 Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday
Why have a program to put unused drugs in drop boxes when all they need to do is flush them?? Seems to me, a lot of money wasted providing places to drop off half fillled bottles of pills. Is someone going to collect them and resell??