More than 500 pounds of pills were collected throughout Glendale as part of the recent national prescription drug takeback, officials said this week.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s third takeback event, which was held Oct. 29, collected more than eight tons, or 16,560 pounds, of prescription pills at numerous collection sites in the Los Angeles area, according to the agency.
Of that, 541 pounds were collected at six sites in Glendale. About half, 250 pounds —the largest amount collected — came from a collection site in La Crescenta, said Special Agent Sarah Pullen, spokeswoman for the agency. The agency boxed up the collected pills and incinerated them a week after the event, she told the Glendale News-Press.
“I believe this is one more step to educate our community of the hazards of prescription drug abuse,” said Matt Zakarian, president of the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition. I hope people understand how this affects our youth's perception of harm.”
--Veronica Rocha, Times Community News
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