UPDATE: National Prescription Drug
Take Back Day

UPDATE: Time is now 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m; due to a scheduling conflict

WHEN: Saturday, October 27^th - 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Erie Police Station & Municipal Court Building,                                                       1000 Telleen Avenue, Erie



The Erie Police Department is participating in a National Prescription Take Back Day to aid Erie residents in removing potentially dangerous substances from their family medicine cabinets.  To participate please bring all substances to the Erie Police Department & Municipal Court Building, at 1000 Telleen Avenue, on Saturday, October 27^th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  A national prescription take back day provides a unified opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted or unused controlled medications other pharmaceutical substances to law enforcement officers for destruction. 

ITEMS WHICH CANNOT BE ACCEPTED FOR TAKE BACK:

• Needles and Sharps
• Mercury (thermometers)
• Oxygen Containers
• Chemotherapy/Radioactive Substances
• Pressurized Canisters
• Illicit Drugs

For more information on the Prescription Drug Take Back Day, please contact the Erie Police Department at 303-926-2800.