October 28 is National Drug Take Back Day

Sauk County, Wis. — National Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, October 28. Local law enforcement is working with community partners to host 3 drug take back sites in Sauk County:

• Sauk Prairie Police Department from 9am – 12pm
• Spring Green Police Department from 10am – 2pm
• Plain Municipal Office from 10am – 2pm.

This is an opportunity to get rid of leftover or unwanted medications.
“People often have unused and expired medications at home and sometimes these medications make their way into the wrong hands. By dropping off your leftover medications at a drop box location, you protect yourself, family, friends, our community, and the environment,” says Hannah Erdman, a Health Educator at Public Health Sauk County.

For residents that cannot attend Drug Take Back Day, medications can be dropped off at year-round drug take back sites at the Ho-Chunk Nation House of Wellness, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department, and police departments in Lake Delton, Reedsburg, Sauk Prairie, Spring Green, and Wisconsin Dells.
In addition, Public Health Sauk County has other options for disposing of your unused medications at home:

• free medication disposal kits and
• special envelopes to mail your medications to a safe disposal site.

“Safe storage and safe disposal save lives,” says Erdman. “Make a plan today to get rid of medicines you no longer need.”

Posted on October 23, 2023

Contact: Hannah Erdman, Health Educator
Public Health Sauk County
(608) 355-4319
hannah.erdman@saukcountywi.gov

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