Municipal Alliance, Bernards Police Announce Results of 2015 Medication Drop Off Drive Thru

The Bernards Township Municipal Alliance and the Bernards Township Police Departed announced the results from the second annual Medicine Drop Off Drive Thru last week.

The drop off event was held on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. until noon, in response to the recent “pills to heroin” epidemic in New Jersey, according to a release from Bernards Township. More than 60 vehicles dropped off unused medication curbside during the two-hour event. The township collected 198 pounds of unused medication from township residents during the drop off drive thru.

According to the township, the Municipal Alliance partnered with the Bernards Township Police in January 2014 to host the First Annual Medication Drop Drive Thru, which collected 96 pounds of unused medication.

All residents who dropped off medications were provided with information regarding upcoming Municipal Alliance programs, including a program for local teens regarding the issues of drugs and alcohol called “Out of the Mouth of... Teens!”

A permanent drug drop box was installed at the Bernards Township Police Department lobby in June 2013 and helped expand the Township’s participation in the yearly “National Drug Take-Back Day” to collecting year round during police lobby hours.