DEA drug take back effort in Jackson County

Prescription drug drop off at the Jackson County Sheriff's Office

Back box for people to drop off their old prescription drugs.

Newswatch 12's monica huynh with the latest-- today the jackson county sheriffs office participated in the nationwide d-e-a drug take back effort.

There were five boxes lined up inside where old prescription drugs could be dropped off for free.

The drug take back effort was between 10 am to 2 pm today.

The event is help remove drugs off the street.

Only pills and vitamins are allowed for drop off-- needles and biohazard's are not allowed.

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I know such as that so we can properly have the medications destroyed so they dont end up on the streets.

It is very important to drop off old or unused prescription drugs.

Bottles of pills in the trash could be redistributed in the streets illegally.

All drugs and bottles dropped off will be destroyed.

We have someone stationed here so medications dropped off in the bins after this will be packaged up and sealed in for evidence in which our evidence staff will send them to be destroyed into a incinerator generally although the event was today-- the jackson county sheriffs office has a year round prescription drop off box inside the main office.

The jackson county sheriffs office does recommend that people scratch off the name and address label off of the bottle before