Crime & Safety
DEA, Resident Troopers Offering Drug Take-Back Day
Prescription drugs can be dropped that day at the Resident Trooper's Office, 749 Tolland Stage Rd.
It's time for another prescription drug Take-Back Day.
The latest initiative, sponsored by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and supported by the Tolland Resident State Trooper's Office, is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Prescription drugs can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day at the Resident Trooper’s Office, 749 Tolland Stage Rd.
For more information visit www.DEA.gov.
The mission of the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is to provide "a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications," according to the DEA.
Last year's efforts by the DEA and state, local and tribal law enforcement partners, at more than 5,263 locations, collected 488,395 pounds - 244 tons - of prescription medications from members of the public, according to the DEA.
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