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Upper Moreland Police have joined forces with the DEA and surrounding agencies in a drug take back initiative on Saturday, September 29, 2012, from 10am to 2pm at the Giant Food Store on York Rd. in Willow Grove.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards.

Thank you,
Lt. Alex H. Levy
Acting Chief of Police
Upper Moreland Twp. Police Department