Monroe Police Department will participate in DEA National Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 26

The City of Monroe Police Department is participating in the DEA’s National Take Back Day on Saturday, October. 26, 2024. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. residents can’t safely dispose of unused or expired medications which will help keep communities safe. The medication can be dropped off at the police department located at 140 Blaine Street in Monroe.No liquid medications will be accepted.

The National Drug Take Back Initiative provides communities with an opportunity to drop off potentially dangerous prescription medication at designated collection points. It aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs and is designed for people who want to get rid of medications but don’t have a way to properly dispose of them. Unused prescription drugs pose a hazard for accidental poisoning, theft, and abuse. Unused medications that are flushed down the toilet can contaminate local water supplies and when drugs are disposed of in the trash, they often in end up in landfills and pose a hazard of contamination through soil absorption.