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Pine Hill Police Administration Building
Saturday, October 24, 2020 10:00am – 2:00pm
The Pine Hill Police Department will be participating in the DEA Operation Take Back New Jersey on Saturday, October 24, 2020 from 10:00am until 2:00pm and will follow all current COVID-19 guidelines and regulations to ensure a safe, secure drop-off The event will be held at the Police Administration Building located at 48 West Sixth Avenue. The Department will be providing a safe and legal method for the residents of Pine Hill and surrounding jurisdictions to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medication. Information will also be available for local drug addiction support services and Operation SAL. Since May 2014, the Pine Hill Police Department has responded to approximately 220 reported drug overdoses. Police Officers and EMS have deployed lifesaving naloxone in over 120 of those incidents.
Last fall Americans turned in nearly 883,000 pounds of prescription drugs at nearly 6,300 sites operated by the DEA and almost 5,000 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall, in its 18 previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners have taken in more than 6350 tons of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications.
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. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows year after year that the majority of misused and abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including someone else’s medication being stolen 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.
For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs or about the October 24, 2030 Take Back Day event contact D/Sgt. Field at [email protected], email [email protected] or visit www.DEATakeBack.com
PHPD & PROJECT MEDICINE DROP
Permanent and Portable Drug Drop Boxes Available!
Since 2012, the Pine Hill Police Department has provided residents with a drug drop box as part of the Department’s effort to combat the opiate addiction epidemic. The Department has recently joined the NJ Attorney General’s Project Medicine Drop, which in addition to the permanent drop location; the department’s new portable drug drop box will be available at many of the community outreach programs. Project Medicine Drop Box is located at the Police Administration Building. Residents may visit the Pine Hill Police Department at any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to dispose of their unused or excess medications.
Project Medicine Drop is an important component of the Pine Hill Police Department and NJ Attorney General’s effort to stop the diversion and abuse of prescription drugs, including highly addictive opiate painkillers. |
