The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Tioga County Public Health and participated in the National Drug Take Back Event sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday.
The event, which was held at 1062 State Route 38 in the Town of Owego, was a success. The total amount of unused and unwanted medications collected in a four-hour period was approximately 117 pounds.
The Tioga County Sheriff’s Office delivered approximately 300 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and non-prescription medications to an incinerator facility in Syracuse for destruction.
The total amount destroyed included items collected from medications drop box at the Tioga County Sheriff’s Office as well as drug take back events held by the sheriff’s office since April.
