(BRUCE PENINSULA, ON) – Prescription Drug Drop-off Day is an important public safety initiative to encourage Ontario residents to dispose of old and unused prescription medication in a secure, environmentally-friendly manner.
There will be collection locations for Prescription Drug Drop Off Day in several communities throughout Ontario on Saturday, May 9, 2015 – between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. People wishing to dispose of outdated, unused and unwanted prescription drugs may do so anonymously at the location nearest them usually without having to get out of their vehicles.
The locations available to drop off your unused and unwanted prescription drugs for the West Region of the Ontario Provincial Police are as follows:
Brant County OPP Detachment, 28 Mechanic St, Paris.
Bruce County OPP – 50 Berford Street at the Bruce Peninsula OPP Detachment, Wiarton.
Essex County OPP – Leamington OPP Detachment, 7 Clark Street West, Leamington.
Elgin County OPP – Detachment, 42696, John Wise Line, St Thomas.
Grey County OPP – Markdale Foodland at 217 Toronto St. S., Grey Highlands
Huron County OPP –Exeter OPP Detachment, 245 Main Street North Exeter and Maitland Valley Medical Centre, 180 Cambria Road North, Goderich.
Haldimand County OPP -Haldimand County detachment. 72 Hwy 54. Cayuga.
Lambton County OPP – Petrolia Detachment, 4224 Oil Heritage Road, Petrolia.
South Bruce OPP – South Bruce Detachment, 700 Kincardine Avenue, Kincardine and the Walkerton Detachment, 25 Bruce County Road 19, Walkterton.
Middlesex County OPP – Delaware Community Centre, 2652 Gideon Dr, Delaware
Norfolk County OPP – Simcoe Detachment, 548 Queensway West, Norfolk- Simcoe.
Oxford County OPP – 120 Thames St, S, Ingersoll, Ontario.
Perth County OPP – North Perth Detachment, 330 Wallace Ave North, Listowel, and St Marys Fire Hall – 172 James Street, St Mary’ s Ontario and West Perth fire hall in Mitchell on St David street.
Wellington County OPP – Centre Wellington Operations Centre, 470 Wellington County Road 18, Fergus.
The Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) prohibits anyone from possessing oxycodone or any other prescribed medication without a prescription. It is a criminal offence to offer or sell a prescribed medication to another person. Purchasing another person’s prescribed drugs is also illegal. Prescription drug misuse is the use of prescription drugs for non-medical purposes. Common prescription drugs being misused are opioid pain relievers (such as oxycodone), anti-depressants, and stimulants. Recent studies indicate 24 per cent of teens reported misusing prescription medications at least once within the previous year. Most of the teens took the medication from their family home.
Prescription Drug Drop-off Day is proudly supported by the Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP), the Government of Ontario, and Public Safety Canada.