Unused and expired medications can be dangerous when in the wrong hands – those of your children, there friends or someone visiting your home and taking things that don’t belong to them. Do you part to help clean up your community by cleaning out your closets, drawers and medicine chests of unused medications and bringing them for safe disposal to the Washington County Health Department’s next Drug Take Back.
Saturday, Oct. 29, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., team members of the prevention unit at behavioral health services will join partners from Washington Goes Purple and the Hagerstown Police Department in the parking lot of 925 N. Burhans Blvd., in Hagerstown, to collect unused, unwanted and expired medications from anyone dropping off, with no questions asked.
Items accepted that day include:
The following health care and medical items will not be accepted on-site at the event:
If you have questions or need additional information on this event, please call 240-313-3310.
Pathfinder is designed to encourage community members and visitors to take advantage of the many hiking, biking, boating, and outdoor activities available in Washington County, Maryland. The site is a special project of the Washington County Health Department as a part of our mission to improve health and encourage a healthy lifestyle for our citizens.
Visit Pathfinder1302 Pennsylvania Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21742
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