Operation Medicine Drop is Saturday at Wegmans

Tuesday, April 26, 2022 - 9:23am

The Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) is partnering with Wegmans to host “Operation Medicine Drop” this Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. inside Wegmans, 11051 Ligon Mill Road. The drop-off area will be situated just inside the main Wegmans entrance facing Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass.

Operation Medicine Drop (OMD) is a prescription and over-the-counter medication take-back initiative that promotes proper medication disposal. By providing a safe and secure way for people to get rid of unwanted pills, tablets, and other medications, OMD helps prevent accidental poisonings and drug abuse, while also protecting local rivers and streams. The service is free, anonymous and no questions will be asked.

Participants can help onsite personnel properly identify and sort the medications by disposing expired, unused, or unwanted medicine in their original containers with the drug labels intact. All the medications collected during the drop-off event will be secured by law enforcement and destroyed by incineration. For more information, email Sgt. Zick at [email protected]. 

Operation Medicine Drop urges parents and caregivers to remember the following:

  • Keep medicines locked up and out of reach of children.

  • Always read labels, follow directions, and give medicines to children based on their weights and ages. Only use the dispensers packaged with children’s medications.

  • Avoid taking medicine or vitamins in front of kids.

  • Do not refer to medicine as “candy.”

  • If you suspect poisoning and a child is choking, collapses, can’t breathe or is having a seizure, call 911. Otherwise, take the product to the phone and call the national Poison Help hotline at 1-800-222-1222.

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