ERMA — Lower Township Police Chief, Edward Donohue recently announced that the Lower Township Police
Department will once again be participating in Operation Take Back New Jersey, known last year as
Operation Medicine Cabinet, whereby residents can turn in any unwanted or expired prescription
medicines or drugs to their local police departments.
The event will be held on Sat., April 30, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Lower Township residents and visitors can turn over any unwanted or expired prescription
medications that they may have in their medicine cabinets, in the main lobby of the Lower Township
Public Safety Building located in the Cape May County Airport Complex off of Breakwater Road in the
township’s Erma Section.
Last year over 400 Law Enforcement Agencies in New Jersey helped to collect over 14,436 pounds of
Prescription and over the counter medicine collected.
The program is anonymous and individuals disposing of medications will not be required to produce
identification.
Residents may dispose of medication either in its original container or by removing medication from its
container and disposing directly into the drug disposal box located at the police department.
If the original container is submitted, residents are encouraged to remove the prescription label if it
contains any personal identifying information.
Liquid products, such as cough medicines, should remain sealed in their original containers.
Syringes and other sharp instruments will not be accepted.
The event is sponsored by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, the Drug
Enforcement Administration and The State Attorney General’s Office in cooperation with the New
Jersey National Guard.
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