lehigh county

The 10th National Take Back Day drug collection event is scheduled 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 12 when Lehigh County residents can take expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter medications to police departments and other locations at eight sites in Lehigh County.

County residents can dispose of capsules, pills, including pet medications and liquids. Syringes or Sharps will not be accepted.

Residents who dispose of medications will remain anonymous, as has been the case in the last nine collections, and no questions will be asked.

The event is being coordinated by the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, area police departments, the Allentown Health Bureau and the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration.

Medications will be collected at the following locations Sept. 12: Emmaus Police Department, 400 Jubilee St.; South Mall (Central Court), 3300 Lehigh St., Salisbury Township where Salisbury Township police will collect medications; Giant supermarket, 3015 W. Emmaus Ave., Allentown where Allentown police and the Allentown Health Bureau will collect medications and Fountain Hill Police Department, 941 Long St., Fountain Hill.

DEA personnel take the drugs to an incinerator where they are burned.