Posted on Wednesday, 13th July 2011 by Marcus Gollan
Sheriffs officials in Washington County were not sure how many drugs theyd collect with their latest drug take back campaign. The answer is, a lot.
Commander Brian Mueller says three 100-gallon barrels of prescription drugs were collected on April 30 by people who voluntarily turned in unused or unneeded pills.
Mueller says thats a significant amount of drugs that wont fall into the wrong hands.
I spend a lot of time working (on) our drug task force, and we do find that theres a large scale diversion of a lot of these legitimately prescribed drugs.
The haul included 1,100 grams of Oxycodone or Percocet, 1,800 grams of Hydrocodone or Vicodin, 650 grams of Codeine, and 550 grams of Amphetamine or Adderall.
Mueller says turning the drugs in to the proper authorities is safer than simply disposing of the pills yourself.
A lot of these drugs are toxic, Mueller says. Simply flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away isnt good for our environment. We take great precautions that these get disposed of.
Mueller says they have another drug take back planned for the fall, and he says they hope to make it a more frequent occurrence.
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