The Bristol Police Department will participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Pharmaceutical Drug Take Back event on Saturday, April 26, 2014.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., officers will be stationed at Bristol Police headquarters on Metacom Avenue where a designated drop-off location will be set up.
This is the eighth year that the department has participated in the Take-Back event. Its purpose is to give area residents an opportunity to dispose of their unneeded or outdated pharmaceuticals properly, as opposed to leaving them in their homes of flushing them where they will eventually enter the sensitive natural environment.
The last event was held in October of 2013, resulting in 2,171 pounds of pharmaceuticals to be collected by participating departments across the state.
For additional information on this year’s event, please contact the Bristol Police Department, 401-253-6900.