DOWNEY – Unused, unwanted or expired prescription medication can be dropped off at a drug take-back event Saturday, Sept. 27, outside the police station. The Downey Police Department and volunteers will collect the medicine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the police station’s west lot.

Over-the-counter medicine can also be dropped off but sharps and needles will not be accepted.

All drugs and containers will be incinerated by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

For more information, contact Jennifer Burkhardt at (562) 904-2374 or jpreda@downeyca.org.

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Published: Sept. 11, 2014 - Volume 13 - Issue 22