Police will collect unwanted medications at City Hall Saturday in national take-back day

Residents with expired or unused medicine in the cabinet can drop it off at The Colony City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 24, when the police department takes part in the national prescription drug take-back day.

The Colony Police Department will run the collection site at the City Hall building, 6053 Main St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a city announcement posted Tuesday. The Drug Enforcement Administration coordinates the day with state and local police agencies.

What to bring

The drop-off is free, and no one has to give a name. Police will accept:

• Prescription medications in solid form, such as tablets and capsules
• Over-the-counter tablets and capsules

They will not take:

• Intravenous solutions or injectables
• Inhalers
• Needles
• Illegal drugs such as marijuana or methamphetamine

The city says the effort is meant to clear potentially dangerous controlled substances out of home medicine cabinets and to cut down on pill abuse and theft.

The announcement is posted under the department's Police Spotlights section on the city website. One line in it refers to an April 25 collection, an apparent holdover from the spring event; the headline and opening of the notice give Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Hall.

Sources

thecolonytx.gov