BETHEL — The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office will participate in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.
Collection sites are at the agency’s offices in Bethel and South Paris, and the Sacopee Valley Health Center on Main Street in Porter, Chief Deputy Hart Daley said in a news release.
Daley said the purpose is to “receive unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs for safe disposal” and to “reduce the risk of accidental overdose by small children or others who mistake them for other medications.”
Past drug collections, sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, have brought in more than two million pounds of prescription medications.
Daley said the “anonymity and confidentiality of the individuals dropping off the prescription drugs is of paramount importance and no questions will be asked of anyone.
“Those wishing to further protect their privacy can black out their information on the prescription pill bottles or containers with a permanent marker,” Daley said. “No information will be gathered from the bottles.”
Daley said needles will not be accepted.
The medications will be turned over to the DEA to be incinerated, according to federal and state environmental guidelines, Daley said.
For more information, call the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office at 207-743-9554 or 1-800-733-1421.
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