Drug drop-off program open on Reservation

 

March 21, 2018

A DIFFERENT TYPE OF DRUG HAUL – Swinomish Police Department’s Community Service Officer Brian Geer displays the first full 30-gallon garbage bag filled with prescription medications. The Department’s new “Prescription Drug Take Back Program” collects and stores unwanted or expired prescription medication (pills) until they can be incinerated.      – Photo by Jeffery Edwards

On an unusually sunny Saturday March 10 at the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Swinomish Police Department’s Community Service Officer Brian Geer was spreading some sunshine of his own. Officer Geer stationed himself and waited alongside a locking strong box, at the SITC’s outdoor basketball court on the corner of First Street and Snee Oosh Road. He was there to kick off a new SPD “Prescription Drug Take Back Program” designed to collect and store unwanted or expired prescription medication (pills) until they can be incinerated. He got the word out via flyers, email, Facebook and word of mo...



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