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Posted on: April 26, 2011

[ARCHIVED] National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 30th

Erie Police Department Invites You to Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet

On Saturday April 30th, 2011 between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM the Erie Police Department will be participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Citizens are asked to bring their unused prescription drugs and over the counter medications to Beattie’s Pharmacy located at 3140 Village Vista Dr. suite 100, Erie Colorado 80516.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED:Needles & Sharps, Mercury (thermometers), Oxygen containers, Chemotherapy/Radioactive substances, Pressurized canisters, Illicit Drugs.

More Information:Lt. Lee Mathis
303-926-2800 or Email

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