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Lower Merion Police to participate in DEA Prescription Drug Take Back Program

Lower Merion Police are taking part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's prescription drug take-back day on April 28.

Lower Merion Police are participating in a perscription drug "take-back" day program sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a press release.

The take-back program, schedule for April 28 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., will take place at the Public Safety Building lcoated at 71 E. Lancaster Avenue in Ardmore.

According to the release, the goal is to give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding residents' homes of potentially dangerous, expired unused and/or unwanted prescription drugs.

"This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue," Lower Merion Police Superintendent Michael McGrath said in the release. "Medicines that languish in home cabinets are higly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse."

The release states that findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health Rates show that more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroine combined.

The service on April 28 is free and anonymous, no questions asked.