Windermere police collecting unused medicines

A drop-off event is taking place Saturday.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 4:17 p.m. October 24, 2019

Southwest Orange
News

The Windermere Police Department is hosting a DEA National Drug Takeback program at its location, 620 Main St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.

Residents are being asked to collect their unused prescription drugs and take them to the police department for the proper disposal.

This saves lives and protects the environment, police say. Unused or expired prescription medication can lead to accidental poisoning, overdose and abuse.

The majority of teenagers abusing prescription drugs get them from family and friends – and the home medicine cabinet, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency.

Unused prescription drugs thrown in the trash can be retrieved and abused or illegally sold. Those that are flushed contaminate the water supply.

Although the event is Saturday, the Windermere Police Department has a permanent drug prescription container in the lobby.

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Amy Quesinberry

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.