Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/28/2017
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Loudoun County- The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft.
Loudoun County residents can discard potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction on Saturday, October 28, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at four sites in the county:
•Eastern Loudoun Sheriff’s Station
46620 East Frederick Drive, Sterling, VA 20164
•Dulles South Public Safety Center
25216 Loudoun County Parkway, South Riding, VA 20152
•Lansdowne Public Safety Center
19845 Sandridge Way, Lansdowne, VA 20176
•Lovettsville Town Hall
6 E. Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovettsville, VA 20180
The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Since the inception of the DEA take-back program in 2010, over 8,000 pounds of unwanted and unused prescription medications have been collected in Loudoun County.
In addition to the Take Back event, drug collection units are available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at four of our stations. The drug collection units are located at the:
•Dulles South Public Safety Center,
25216 Loudoun County Parkway, Chantilly, VA 20152
Phone # for the receptionist: 571-258-3200
•Eastern Loudoun Station
46620 East Frederick Drive, Sterling, VA 20164
Phone # for the receptionist: 571-258-3356
•University Station
45299 Research Place, Suite #100, Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone # for the receptionist: 571-258-3000
•Western Loudoun Sheriff Station
47 W. Loudoun Street, Round Hill, VA 20141
Phone # for the receptionist: 571-258-3750.
“Recent research has shown that nearly 75 percent of Americans using heroin were introduced to opioids through prescription medication. It is imperative we remove any unused and unwanted medications from our homes, as most opioid users often get access to prescription medications from friends and relatives,” said Sheriff Michael Chapman. These drop box along with Take Back Days are intended to reduce the amount of unneeded medicine in residents’ homes and decrease prescription drug abuse, which has soared in recent years, especially among teenagers.
LCSO asks residents to please share these locations and dates to help promote safe disposal of unwanted and unused medication. All too often prescriptions are flushed down the toilet or thrown away – both potential safety and health hazards.