Attorney General to take part in National Drug Take Back Day

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced his participation in this weekend’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

The office will be partnering with law enforcement and substance abuse prevention groups across West Virginia to assist state, county and municipal agencies and groups in staffing Take Back sites around the state on Saturday, April 27.

The Attorney General also said that Capitol Police and the state Department of Homeland Security will be working at a Take Back location from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the State Capitol Complex Safe Zone adjacent to the Culture Center at the Greenbrier/Washington Street entrance.

“Take Back Day is a nationwide initiative that is incredibly important to keeping potentially dangerous drugs out of our city streets and rural communities,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “If anyone has unused or unwanted prescription drugs – especially opioids and other pain medications – I encourage them to bring those medications in to be safely discarded and destroyed.”

The Attorney General’s Office has participated in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day each year since 2013. The office’s locations this weekend will be among the more than 40 collection sites in West Virginia.

On Friday, April 26, the Attorney General’s Office will assist the Logan County Sheriff’s Office from 1-2 p.m. at the Man Community Park at the former Man Junior High School lot.

Go to https://bit.ly/3mDXkN5 to find a collection site near you.

The Attorney General Public Health Trust previously awarded prescription drug incinerators to law enforcement agencies across the state.

The incinerators are used to destroy unwanted/expired pills and are shared among law enforcement agencies.

The incinerators were awarded through the Dispose Responsibly of Prescriptions (DRoP) initiative, which also distributed drug disposal drop boxes throughout the state.