Huron County OPP Prescription Drug Drop-off Day a success

By: Huron County OPP  May 12, 2015  1268

(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The results from the 2015 Huron County OPP Prescription Drug Drop-off Day are in, and once again, it was a successful event. 

Huron OPP had two sites operating this year - one in Goderich at the Maitland Valley Medical Centre and one in Exeter at the Exeter OPP detachment.
 

Saturday, May 9, several people took advantage of this free and simple way to safely dispose of their unused and expired medication. A total of 12 kilograms of various types of medication was turned in at the two sites. Schedule I prescription medication including Hydromorphone, Codeine and Oxycodone pills, were dropped off at both sites.
 

Increased awareness of the dangers of unused or expired medication means that people are increasingly making a greater effort to take prescription drugs back to the pharmacy where they can be easily disposed of in a safe and environmentally-friendly manner. 
 

Police remind the public that all pharmacies in Ontario will accept your unused prescriptions anytime. 

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