Milton Police Take Back Drugs at Target on April 27

Do you have old prescription drugs in your medicine cabinets at home? Would you want your children to accidentally take them? Or how about you? Instead, stop by the Target in Milton on Saturday, April 27 when the city's police department holds a drug take-back day.

The city of Milton Police Department will take part in the sixth installment of the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Target on Ga. 9 in Milton.

The Target is located at 13057 Ga. 9 (click here for directions). All forms of prescription drugs will be taken, no matter how old.

During the last DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on September 29, citizens turned in a record-breaking 488,395 pounds (244 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,263 take-back sites available in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

When the results of the four Take-Back Days to date are combined, the DEA and its state, local, and tribal law-enforcement and community partners have removed more than 2 million pounds (1,018 tons) of medication from circulation.    

For more information, contact Community Outreach Officer Ara Baronian at 678-242-2527 or ara.baronian@cityofmiltonga.us. The DEA also maintains a Web page where you can find other drop sites and much more. Find it by clicking here.