Pleasantville PD to Host Prescription Give-Back Day

As part of spring cleaning, the Pleasantville Police Department is encouraging locals to also clean out their medicine cabinets.

On Saturday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents can bring in their unwanted, unused prescription drugs for safe disposal to the department.

"Throughout the country, a lot of departments are getting involved," Chief of Police Richard Love explained. The initiative was spearheaded by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEC) nationwide.

Love acknowledged there has been an "epidemic of prescription drug use throughout the nation."

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In a recent Pleasantville Community Television segment, Detective Jesse Wollman cited the need for locals, and parents especially, to protect their pills.

"If you do have prescription drugs, you need to keep them safe and locked away," Love stated. "If you have a gun in the home, you should treat your drugs the same way."

Love said people should not flush or throw out unused prescription medication. The upcoming drop-off will allow residents to anonymously dispose of the drugs.

"Just drop them off," he said. "You can wipe your name off, take [the label] off, whatever you want to do."

If the take-back day goes well, Love said the village may consider installing a permanent stand-free container to allow locals to drop of prescription drugs at Village Hall year-round.

The medication dropped on on April 27 will be picked up by the DEA for safe disposal, he shared.

Said Love, "We are just trying to get people who have drugs at home to get rid of them the proper way."