Unwanted prescriptions can be dropped off


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Law-enforcement officers from the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office and the Trumbull-Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force are collecting and destroying prescription drugs from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday as part of Operation: Empty Medicine Cabinet.

Unused or expired drugs in original containers or sealed plastic bags can be dropped off at the Sears merchandise pick-up door behind Eastwood Mall. Officers will count the medications and destroy them.

Medications accepted are pills, capsules, patches, gels, powders, ointments, syrups, vitamins, inhalers and pet medications. Medications not accepted are needles, syringes, lancets, thermometers, IV bags and aerosol cans.

The aim of the program is to limit the misuse of drugs by children and teens who often get drugs from their family’s medicine cabinets. For information, call 330-675-2765, ext. 119.

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