PROJECT MEDICINE DROP
Got Meds? With the rise of opioid abuse in recent years, the Project Medicine Drop program has helped provide a solution to one of this country’s biggest problems- prescription drug abuse. In partnership with local law enforcement agencies, the Division of Consumer Affairs under the Office of the Attorney General has made a safe and easy way to dispose of your unwanted, unused, and expired prescription medications. Project Medicine Drop allows you to dispose of your medications 24/7/365 anonymously. For years, these medications have remained in people’s medicine cabinets where abusers can abuse and sell these drugs. Flushing them into the toilet creates environmental risk factors while placing them in the trash may make them available to abusers or clog our landfills.
In July 2013, Spring Lake Heights became the third police department in Monmouth County to recognize the prescription drug problem and take a stand by becoming a participant in the Project Medicine Drop program. Since its inception, Spring Lake Heights Police has collected over a a ton of prescription medication and has had it destroyed. Spring Lake Heights Police has placed a secure, metal drop box similar to a post office mail dropbox inside the lobby at police headquarters (555 Brighton Avenue) for the public’s use. The Project Medicine Drop drop box is available to the public 24/7.
For additional information on Project Medicine Drop please contact:
Lieutenant Travis Ventimiglia
Project Medicine Drop Coordinator
(732) 449 – 6161 (ext. 4925)
[email protected]
LINKS / FORMS
S.L.H.P.D Annual Collection & Destruction of Unused Medication Totals Report