Drug Take Back Day Across Montgomery County On Oct. 29

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Residents looking to rid themselves of expired or unwanted medication will be able to participate in a drug take back event later this month across Montgomery County.

The program, which is jointly run by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and the Police Chiefs Association of Montgomery County, will give people the chance to safely discard any unused medications, either prescription or over the counter.

The drug take back event will take place on Oct. 29 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 31 different sites across the county.

Most locations will be local police departments, but two of the sites will be grocery stores.

"In the 12 years since we began this Drug Take Back program in an effort to make homes safer, we have collected and safely destroyed 103,000 pounds of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medicines," Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said in a statement. "That is an astounding amount of drugs that will not be leeching into landfills or polluting our waterways."

Those looking to discard their medications can either place the items into small plastic bags or leave them in their original pill containers.

The types of medications that will be accepted during the program are pills, capsules, tablets, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medication and vaping products.

No needles, liquid medicine, intravenous items or injectable solutions will be accepted.

The various sites that will be accepting medications will be staffed by police officers.

The following is a list of the locations for the drug take back program:

Cheltenham Police Department, 8230 Old York Rd., Elkins Park

Collegeville Borough Police Department, 491 E. Main St., Collegeville

Douglass Township Police Department, 1320 E. Philadelphia Ave., Gilbertsville

East Norriton Township Police Department, 2501 Stanbridge St., East Norriton

Hatboro Police Department, 120 E. Montgomery Ave., Hatboro

Lansdale Borough Police Department, 1 Vine St., Lansdale

Limerick Township Police Department, 646 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick

Lower Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1130 N. Bethlehem Pike, Spring House

Lower Pottsgrove Township Police Department at the Sanatoga Fire Company, 2222 E. High St., Pottstown

Lower Providence Township Police Department, 100 Parklane Drive,
Eagleville

Marlborough Township Police Department, 6040 Upper Ridge Road, Green Lane

Narberth Police Department, 100 Conway St., Narberth

Norristown Police Department, 235 E. Airy St., Norristown

Plymouth Township Police Department, 700 Belvoir Rd., Plymouth Township

Pottstown Police Department, 100 E. High St., Pottstown

Rockledge Borough Police Department, 1 Park Ave., Rockledge

Royersford Borough Police Department, 300 Main St., Royersford

Souderton Police Department, 31 W. Summit St., Souderton

Springfield Township Police Department, 1510 Paper Mill Rd., Wyndmoor

Towamencin Township Police Department, 1090 Troxel Rd., Lansdale

Upper Dublin Township Police Department, 520 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington

Upper Gwynedd Township Police Department, 1 Parkside Place, West Point

Upper Merion Township Police Department, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia

Upper Perk Police Department, 88 W. 6th St., Pennsburg

Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Department, 1420 Heather Place, Pottstown

West Conshohocken Police Department at Borough Hall, 112 Ford St., West Conshohocken

West Norriton Township Police Department, 1630 W. Marshall St., Norristown

West Pottsgrove Township Police Department, 980 Grosstown Rd., Stowe

Whitemarsh Township Police Department, 616 E. Germantown Pike, Lafayette Hill

Whitpain Township Police Department, 960 Wentz Rd., Blue Bell

Grocery store locations staffed by police:
Giant Food Store (Upper Moreland Police), 315 York Rd., Willow Grove

Redner’s Warehouse Market (Montgomery Township Police), 1200 Welsh Rd., North Wales

According to the District Attorney's Office, the drug take back program that took place this April yielded 5,309 pounds of prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs.

The program first started in Montgomery County back in 2010.