Canton Drug Takeback Program

From:  Patty Esselink, Canton Police Department 
      Residents have dumped 93 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs at the Canton Police Department since a permanent drop box was placed inside the station lobby in June.
      “There has been an outpouring response from people bringing in their unused prescription drugs,” said police Officer Patty Esselink, community relations officer. “I would say it has exceeded expectations.”
      Police initiated the around-the-clock drop-off program in an effort to get expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs out of home medicine cabinets where they can potentially fall into the wrong hands, such as teens trying their parents’ pills.
      Residents can discard prescription pills by dropping them through a receptacle — similar to a mail slot — near the police station’s front desk. The drugs fall into a drop box on the other side of the wall and are periodically taken to an incinerator where they are destroyed.
      The police station lobby, 1150 S. Canton Center, is always open.