(Des Moines)– Iowans who are doing some spring cleaning this weekend can plunk all of their bottles of unused prescription medications into a bag and drop it off on Saturday for safe, anonymous disposal. This Saturday, April 30th, is the 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Dale Woolery, director of the Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, says, it’s an all-hands-on-deck need to get rid of these unused medications that can lead to things like misuse, addiction, overdose, and death. The collection in October of 2021 netted more than six-thousand pounds of prescription meds statewide.
Locally, the Spirit Lake Police Department will have drop off site for expired or unused prescription medications tomorrow (Sat.) from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at the parking lot of the Spirit Lake Hy-Vee store.
