RENO-- This Saturday officers of the Reno Police Department will again partner with the DEA and the National Take-Back Initiative to hold our area’s sixth Prescription Drug Round Up event.

The Round Up provides a way for citizens to get rid of old or expired medications from their homes, so that they cannot fall into the hands of youth or adults who might abuse them.  The effort is also designed to help minimize the potential for pollution of water supplies and the impact on pets and wildlife as a result of improper disposing of medications by flushing them down toilets.

            The area’s last Round Up was held on October 1^st, and collected 268,180 prescription pills. The first Prescription Drug Round Up in Nevada was held in Washoe County in October 2009. To date, over a half million prescription pills have been collected at these events.               The event was sponsored by: Join Together Northern Nevada, the Reno Police Department, Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Washoe County Department of Water Resources, Waste Management, Retail Association of Northern Nevada, Nevada Prevention Resource Center, Scolari’s, Save Mart, Walgreen’s, Smith’s, the Sparks Police Department, local pharmacists and others.   Collection sites for Saturday, October 29^th from 10am to 2 pm are:   Scolari's - 8165 S. Virginia St., RenoSave Mart - 565 East Prater Way, Sparks   Further information on the proper disposal of unused or unwanted prescription drugs can be located at www.jtnn.org. If you have any questions regarding the Round-Up event, you are encouraged to call Stacy Shamblin, Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Reno Police Department at 657-4794    

This project is supported by Grant No.2009-DG-BX-0038 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the SMART Office, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions in this