Woodbridge Police Department to Participate in “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day” on Sat., October 24

 Bring Unused & Expired Prescription Drugs to WPD Headquarters at Town Hall  Between 10:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M.

 Woodbridge – The Woodbridge Police Department (WPD) will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) annual “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” on Sat., October 24, 2020. The program, geared to prevent prescription drug abuse, is FREE and will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in front of the Town Hall Municipal Building located at One Main Street, Woodbridge.

According to Woodbridge Police Director Robert Hubner, the WPD will collect expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs that are potentially dangerous if left in the family’s medicine cabinet.  Law enforcement investigations have determined that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse and that individuals that abuse prescription drugs often obtained them from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.

According to the DEA, more than 882,919 pounds – 441.5 tons – of prescription drugs were collected at nearly 6,174 sites operated by 4,896 state and local law enforcement agencies last October.

Woodbridge residents should bring unused and expired prescription drugs (if possible in the original prescription container) to the WPD located in front of the Town Hall Municipal Building,  One Main Street, Woodbridge.  For more information contact the WPD at 732-634-7700.