Drug Take-Back Event Saturday

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The City of Tallassee Police Department in conjunction with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are participating in the 3rd Annual National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event on October 29 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The event will be scheduled with the support of Community Hospital an conducted on its premises. The focus of this event is to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our community.

"A 2008 national survey on drug use and health indicates a trend which we have found in this community as well," police chief Jimmy Rodgers said. "There are more Americans abusing psychotherapeutic drugs than the number of cocaine, heroin and hallucinogen abusers combined. Expired, unused or unwanted controlled substances in our homes are a potential source of supply that fuel this abuse and are an unacceptable risk to public health and safety."

Rodgers encourages participation from the community. "The initiative is to dispose of any controlled substances not currently being used in households," he said. "This event will be conducted in a strictly anonymous environment. Any labels on containers will be removed prior to being placed in disposal containers, so that no identifiable information will be obtained." 

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