The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Drug Take Back event Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET.
Residents may drop off expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department deputies in the parking lot of the Walgreens Drug Store in Plymouth at 2014 N. Michigan Street. It is a free event with no questions asked.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that sit in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
If individuals cannot make it to the event on Saturday, there is a bin at the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department that is available for disposal at any time.
