Poland now offers residents drop-off box for used, expired medications

Staff report

POLAND

Forget about flushing it down the toilet or throwing it in the garbage.

Residents now can dispose of unused or expired medication at a secure drop-off box at the township government building, 3339 Dobbins Road.

Police “will monitor it, control it and they’ll dispose of the drugs,” explained township Administrator James Scharville.

The box arrived this week after township officials successfully applied for a CVS Pharmacy grant, which covered the estimated $800 cost.

Trustee Eric Ungaro first came up with the idea to get a drug drop-off box.

“It goes along the lines of what we’ve accomplished the last four years, in terms of being proactive with a school resource office, a canine, Narcan training, and now a prescription drug drop-off,” Ungaro said, referring to the township’s anti-drug measures.

“You don’t sit around and wait for something bad to happen. You get out in front of it,” he said.

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