100+ Pounds of Drugs Collected During F.C.’s ‘Take-Back Day’

Take-Back-Prescription-Drug-day9_25_10More than 100 pounds of drugs were collected at the Falls Church Fire Station on Saturday a part of the nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” Day sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

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Left to right: DEA agent, F.C. Police PFC Amy Early and ECT Carly Lumsden. (Photo: Barbara Gordon, City of F.C.)

 

More than 100 pounds of drugs were collected at the Falls Church Fire Station on Saturday a part of the nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” Day sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. City of F.C. Police PFC Amy Earley, ECT Carly Lumsden and a DEA agent were on hand to collect potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction. The purpose of this campaign is to prevent increased drug abuse and theft.

 

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