State Senator Patty Ritchie and Oswego Health are offering a community event where people can safely dispose of their unused and unwanted medications, including prescription and narcotic medicines.
The event will be held from 2pm – 4pm, Thursday, Decemebr 13th, in the lobby of Oswego Hospital at 110 W 6th St., Oswego NY 13126.
Law enforcement officials and Oswego Health pharmacy staff will be present to assist community members and to answer questions.
Oswego Hospital 110 w 6th St. Oswega, NY 13126 Thursday, 12/13/2018 From 2:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
You are invited to bring your unused, unwanted or expired medications to this event in order to dispose of them safely and prevent them from posing future hazards.
The Prescription Drug Take Back event helps keep old pills from being abused.
Read more here: Prescription Drug Take Back In Oswego, New York
The DEA and Google both provide locators to find your nearest prescription drug take back locations.
Check out The DEA and Google pages below. They contain tools and more info on the ever growing efforts to help people properly dispose of their unused prescription drugs. This is certainly part of the bigger plan to help end the opioid crisis.
DEA’s Prescription Drug Take Back Location Tool
Google’s Prescription Drug Take Back Location Tool
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