National drug drop off this weekend

Another national drug drop-off day is coming this weekend.

Two days a year, in April and October, people are asked to take old drugs to designated locations so they can be destroyed.

Last April, 1,100 pounds of medication were collected in La Crosse County.

In La Crosse County, permanent drop-off boxes will be emptied, so the drugs collected in the boxes can be counted with state and national totals.

Those boxes are located police stations, Gundersen clinics, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the La Crosse Police Dept.  The Town of Campbell will collect from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the town hall.

The La Crosse Police Dept. shared this information on its Facebook page:

How can you participate in this FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL EVENT?
1. Empty your unwanted medications in a zip lock baggy or leave them in their original packaging. Please NO LIQUIDS OR NEEDLES!
2. Drop the unwanted medications in the Drug Drop Box located in the lobby of the La Crosse Police Department during business hours (Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm) or any of the Law Enforcement Departments in La Crosse County (each agency has a Drug Drop Box.)

QUICK FACTS:
• The State of Wisconsin collected 63,541 lbs. of unused medications during the 2018 Spring Drug Take Back
• La Crosse Police disposed of 283 lbs. of unused medications during the 2018 Spring Drug Take Back
• The State of Wisconsin had the 3rd largest Drug Take Back Day in the nation for the Spring Drug Take Back Day. Only Texas and California collected more unused medications and other drugs than Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin had more law enforcement agencies participate in the biannual event than any other state in the country.
• La Crosse County had 6 agencies participate in the 2018 Spring Drug Take back day, and disposed of 931.3 lbs. of unused medications combined.

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