Wallingford Police To Host Drug Take-Back Event

WALLINGFORD, CT — The Wallingford Police Department, in partnership with the Coalition for a Better Wallingford, will participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s one-day collaborative prescription drug take-back initiative to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from residents’ homes on Saturday, Oct. 29.

The Drug Take-Back Program will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wallingford Police Department, 135 North Main St.

Participants are asked to enter through the main driveway entrance of the police department on North Main Street and proceed to the Storage Facility located in the department’s rear parking lot. Motorists will then exit the area through Wallace Avenue after dropping off their items.

“This national initiative will provide an opportunity for the public to surrender pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications to law enforcement officers for destruction,” police wrote in a news release. “Expired, unused, or unwanted controlled substances in our homes are a potential source of supply for the increasing abuse of pharmaceutical drugs in the United States and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety every day.

“The collected medications will be disposed of at several incineration facilities located throughout New England that will convert the pharmaceutical waste into clean, renewable energy for use by local communities. Since 2010, this initiative has resulted in over 1.4 million pounds of pharmaceutical waste collected over 20 drug take-back events.”