(4/18/15) BETWEEN 10AM AND 2PM AT THE MIAMI COUNTY SANITARY ENGINEER’S OFFICE 2200 N. COUNTY ROAD 25A
On Saturday, April 18th, from 10 A.M. to 2 P.M. the Miami County Sheriff’s Office and Miami County Sanitary Engineer's Office are hosting a drop-off event where residents can bring unwanted pill medications for disposal to the Miami County Sanitary Engineer’s Office (Transfer Station) located at 2200 North County Road, Troy, Ohio. This curbside drop-off gives the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety, health, and environmental hazards. For more information, contact the Miami County Sheriff’s Office at 937-440-6085 or the Miami County Sanitary Engineer’s Office at 937-440-3488.
Prescription drugs can also be dropped off at two drug drop-off boxes maintained by the Sheriff's Office. One box is located at the Incarceration Facility lobby, 2042 N. County Road 25A, and the other drug drop-off box is located in the Sheriff's Office lobby in the Safety Building, 201 W. Main St., Troy. Both boxes are accessible to the public Monday through Friday from 8AM - 4PM.
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