Lebanon Pulls Together
On Saturday October 21st Josh Mountz, Compass Mark Prevention Specialist, joined Chief Todd Breiner from the Lebanon City Police for the DEA’s National Drug Take Back Day. The event is dedicated to collecting unused or expired medication to make sure that they do not get into the wrong hands. Pennsylvania Youth Survey data states that approximately 40% of young people who misuse prescription drugs take them from a friend or family member.
Properly disposing of medication is a great way to help prevent adolescents from experimenting with substances! After the medications were collected in boxes, they will be taken to the DEA where the boxes will be destroyed. This year’s event was a smashing success! The event garnered 9 full boxes of medication which weighed in at 181.3 pounds! That’s a lot of medication that will now be disposed of properly!
Lebanon Pulls Together
Lebanon Pulls Together
Lebanon Pulls Together
2 Comments
Glenn Dieffenbach
November 18, 2020
Good Morning, I’m in long term recovery and wanted to tell you that I saw the movie “the Cross & the Switchblade” at the age of 12, 1962. This was part of Teen Challenges PR campaign when they moved to Rehrersburg. It was effective. I used many substances in my 20 years of active using but never used a needle. I’m a member of the Lebanon Valley Area of NA. I applaud your efforts. Where is the collection taking place? Thanks.
Amy Sechrist
November 18, 2020
Hi Glen- Thanks for reading! The event is passed, but there are multiple places in Lebanon County where you can dispose of prescription meds all year round: https://www.compassmark.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Precription_Dropoff_Sites-Lebanon.pdf.
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