East Hartford To Take Back Unwanted, Expired Drugs

East Hartford Police Department

EAST HARTFORD, CT — Local police and the East Hartford Health Department have announced the town's Drug Enforcement Administration’s Take Back Day, slated for this Saturday, April 26.

The event is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East Hartford Public Safety Complex.

Members of the public can drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at the East Hartford Public Safety Complex, 31 School St., East Hartford.

Officials will collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs, and will continue to accept vaping devices and cartridges at its drop-off locations, provided lithium batteries are removed.

Liquids (including intravenous solutions), syringes, and other sharps and illegal drugs will not be accepted.

Staff from the East Hartford Health Department will be at the Safety Complex from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to share information about naloxone, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, a life-saving medication used in the event of an opioid overdose.

The health department will also be distributing medication disposal kits at no cost. These resources will be available while supplies last.

"Helping people dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs is one of many ways East Hartford Police and East Hartford Health is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths," wrote the East Hartford Police Department.

Learn more about the disposal of prescription drugs or the Take Back Day initiative at DEATakeBack.com or www.easthartfordct.gov/police-department.