(HURON COUNTY, ON) – The results from the 2015 Prescription Drug Drop Off Day are in and once again it was a successful event for Huron County. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) had two sites operating this year, one in Goderich at the Maitland Valley Medical Centre and one in Exeter at the Exeter OPP Detachment.
On May 9, 2015 several people took advantage of this free and simple way to safely dispose of their unused and expired medication. A total of 12 kilograms of various types of medication was turned in to the two sites. Schedule I prescription medication including Hydromorphone, Codeine and Oxycodone pills were dropped off at both sites.
Increased awareness of the dangers of unused or expired medication means that people are increasingly making a greater effort to take prescription drugs back to the pharmacy where they can easily be disposed of in a safe and environmentally friendly manner.
Police would like to remind the public that all pharmacies in Ontario will accept your unused prescriptions anytime.