Drug drop offs have become a common event in town, with residents cleaning out unused or expired medications for safe disposal. Now, they have a designated year-round drop-off point at the Midland County Law Enforcement Center. The newest addition arrived a few weeks ago in the form of a drop off box in the center’s lobby, styled similarly to a post office box, into which medications can be dropped. Midland County Sheriff Jerry Nielsen said the box came at no cost to the county after two deputies attended a training seminar and learned of grants for the secure collection boxes. The Midland Area Partnership for Drug Free Youth began the local drug collections in the form of “Dump Your Drugs” events to keep the unused medications out of the hands of youth who might misuse them. “It’s been very successful in getting drugs out of the community,” Nielsen said of the events. When those collections began, the sheriff’s office also invited residents to drop off medications at its records division Law Enforcement Center.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Year-round drug drop off box debuts in Midland
via Midland Daily News
Drug drop offs have become a common event in town, with residents cleaning out unused or expired medications for safe disposal. Now, they have a designated year-round drop-off point at the Midland County Law Enforcement Center. The newest addition arrived a few weeks ago in the form of a drop off box in the center’s lobby, styled similarly to a post office box, into which medications can be dropped. Midland County Sheriff Jerry Nielsen said the box came at no cost to the county after two deputies attended a training seminar and learned of grants for the secure collection boxes. The Midland Area Partnership for Drug Free Youth began the local drug collections in the form of “Dump Your Drugs” events to keep the unused medications out of the hands of youth who might misuse them. “It’s been very successful in getting drugs out of the community,” Nielsen said of the events. When those collections began, the sheriff’s office also invited residents to drop off medications at its records division Law Enforcement Center.
Drug drop offs have become a common event in town, with residents cleaning out unused or expired medications for safe disposal. Now, they have a designated year-round drop-off point at the Midland County Law Enforcement Center. The newest addition arrived a few weeks ago in the form of a drop off box in the center’s lobby, styled similarly to a post office box, into which medications can be dropped. Midland County Sheriff Jerry Nielsen said the box came at no cost to the county after two deputies attended a training seminar and learned of grants for the secure collection boxes. The Midland Area Partnership for Drug Free Youth began the local drug collections in the form of “Dump Your Drugs” events to keep the unused medications out of the hands of youth who might misuse them. “It’s been very successful in getting drugs out of the community,” Nielsen said of the events. When those collections began, the sheriff’s office also invited residents to drop off medications at its records division Law Enforcement Center.
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