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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 22, 2015
2015 COUNTY-WIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY
“OFF WITH YOUR MEDS”
Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and Montgomery County Chiefs of
Police announce that on Saturday, April 25, 2015 our Law Enforcement Community will
conduct a County-Wide Drug Take-Back Day. This spring’s take-back day is being called “Off
With Your Meds”to encourage Montgomery County residents to clear out their medicine
cabinets. The April 25, 2015 event is coinciding with a Take-Back Day in Bucks County being
spearheaded by Bucks County District Attorney David Heckler. The following twenty-seven
(27) communities throughout Montgomery County will host Drug Take-Back Sites where
unused, unwanted or expired medications can be turned over for safe disposal.
Participating Communities - Saturday, April 25, 2015 between 10 AM –2 PM:
Abington Township Police Department, 1166 Old York Rd., Abington, PA 19001
Bridgeport Police Department, 65 W. Fourth St., Bridgeport, PA 19405
Douglass Township, Giant Food Store, 173 Holly Rd., Gilbertsville, PA 19525
Franconia Township Police Department, 671 Allentown Rd., Telford, PA 18969
Hatfield Township, Administration Building, 1950 School Rd., Hatfield, PA 19440
Horsham Township, Giant Food Store, Horsham & Dresher Rds., Horsham, PA 19044
Lansdale Police Department, 35 Vine St, Lansdale, PA 19446
Limerick Township Police Department, 646 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick, PA 19468
Lower Merion Police Department, 71 E. Lancaster Ave., Ardmore, PA 19003-2323
Lower Moreland Police Department, 640 Red Lion Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Sanatoga Fire House, 2222 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464
Lower Providence Police Department, 100 Parklane Dr., Eagleville, PA 19403
Marlborough Township Police Department, 6040 Upper Ridge Rd., Green Lane, PA 18054
Montgomery Township, Giant Food Store, 1201 Knapp Rd., North Wales, PA 19454
New Hanover Township Police Department, 2943 N. Charlotte St., Gilbertsville, PA 19525
Pottstown Police Department, 100 E. High St., Pottstown, PA 19464
Souderton Boro Police Department, 31 W. Summit St., Souderton, PA 18964-1694
Towamencin Township Police Department, 1090 Troxel Rd., Lansdale, PA 19446
Upper Dublin Police Department, 801 Loch Alsh Ave., Ft. Washington, PA 19034
Upper Gwynedd Police Department, 1 Parkside Place, West Point, PA 19486-0001
Upper Merion Township Police Department, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia, PA
19406
Upper Moreland Police Department, 117 Park Ave., Willow Grove, PA 19090
Upper Perk Police Department, 88 W. 6th St., Pennsburg, PA 18073
Upper Providence Police Department, 1286 Black Rock Rd., Oaks, PA 19456
West Conshohocken, Boro Hall, 112 Ford St., West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Whitemarsh Police Department, 616 E. Germantown Pk., Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
Whitpain Township, Giant Food Store, 1760 Dekalb Pk., Blue Bell, PA 19422
The “participating communities”list is for Saturday, April 25, 2015. On that date, these
sites will be supervised by police officers and employees of the Montgomery County District
Attorney’s Office between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM. Community volunteers involved in
prescription drug abuse efforts will assist sworn officers.
Montgomery County offers residents twenty-five (25) convenient locations where the public
can confidentially dispose of unwanted medications all year long and at no charge.
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Drug Take-Back program started on April 17, 2010.
513 pounds of pharmaceuticals were collected during that first event. 9,211 pounds of
prescription medications have been collected in Montgomery County since April, 2010.
District Attorney Ferman said, “Time and time again we see heroin addicts in our
Courtrooms that started down that path with pills that they first obtained from a medicine
cabinet filled with unused dangerous prescriptions. Removing unneeded and unused
prescription medications from the home medicine cabinet is one way to eliminate the source
of supply for addicts and prevent access to the dangerous drugs by teenagers and young
adults.”