Sheriff’s Office to hold prescription drug take-back event Saturday, Oct. 22

Residents can discard medications at four locations in Palm Coast.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 7:30 a.m. October 19, 2016
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The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will hold a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Residents can discard both prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines safely at the event by stopping by and dropping medication bottle into the collection box. No personal information is required. Sheriff’s Office deputies will staff the event, which was organized by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The DEA will dispose of the medications collected.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22, at four locations:

  • the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Palm Coast Precinct, at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite C-107
  • the Publix Super Market at Palm Coast Town Center, at 800 Belle Terre Parkway
  • the Publix Super Market at Belle Terre Crossings 4950 Belle Terre Parkway
  • the Publix Super Market at Island Walk, at 250 Palm Coast Parkway NE.

 

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