Kentucky State Police and the Drug Enforcement Agency are partnering together in an effort to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs.
Take Back locations will be set up at fifteen K-S-P posts this Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Trooper Josh Brashears, a public affairs officer with the state police, says the Take Back initiative has led to the destruction of thousands of pounds of drugs across the state.
“We do it semi-annually. We did one in April of this year, and it netted about 1,010 pounds of prescription drugs,” Brashears said.
Nearly 10,000 pounds of medicine has been collected since the program began in 2010.
All solid dosage pharmaceutical products and liquids in containers will be accepted at the Take Back locations across the state.
Fifteen KSP posts are serving as drop off locations, including those in Bowling Green, Columbia, Elizabethtown, and Henderson.
The Laurel County Health Department in London is also a drop-off site.
