Carson City community participates in fall prescription drug roundup
Area residents dropped of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines and syringes Saturday during the Fall Prescription Drug Roundup held at participating locations around Carson City.
Members of the Carson City Sheriff's Office and Partnership Carson City were on hand at Save Mart grocery stores, Smith's Food and Drug store, as well as FoodMaxx in the Nevada state capital.
Nearly 250 pounds of used and unused pharmaceutical products were collected during the spring roundup in April along with almost 100 pounds of hypodermic needles.
The bi-annual drug roundups are meant to help keep the contents of medicine cabinets off the streets and out of the hands of youth, Partnership Carson City Youth Coordinator Brooklyn Maw said.
Organizers hoped at least 300 pounds of pills and 150 pounds of needles would be turned during Saturday's fall roundup.
Once collected, the medications will then be incinerated and destroyed.
Partnership Carson City cautioned residents against flushing unused pills and other medications down the toilet, because then those chemicals mix into the city's water.
Drugs and needles should not be thrown away into the garbage, either, PCC warned, because others can still dig through the trash to find them.
Saturday's fall roundup took place during National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month, an October observance.
Between the bi-annual spring and fall roundups, drugs and needles should be dropped off for disposal at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office, located at 911 East Musser Street.
Contact Partnership Carson City at (775) 841-4730 or visit pcccarson.org for more information.
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