Winona

Prescription drug tack-back event to be held in Winona

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5 years ago

October 23, 2019

It is time to clean out the medicine cabinet.

The Winona County Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention (ASAP) and the Winona Police Department will host a free prescription drug take-back event on Saturday, October 26th, 2019 as part of the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The event will take place in the Winona HyVee Parking Lot from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

National Drug Take-Back Day is an annual event to safely dispose of the extra prescription drugs that are unused or expired. Law enforcement and community volunteers will be there to help direct traffic, collect items in trash bags, and hand out information about other safe disposal options. People are encouraged to bring items in their original containers and blacken or scratch out personal information. All items will be safely incinerated. Controlled substances and prescribed liquid narcotics will be accepted, but Winona County ASAP asked people to take needles and over-the-counter medications to the Hazardous Waste Center (225 W 2nd Street, Winona, MN).

Winona County ASAP has collected over 800 pounds of prescription drugs over the last three years. Staff said if not disposed of properly, these substances can harm the environment or become misused to sell, get high, or self-medicate.

Anyone with questions about the event can call Winona County ASAP at 507-474-2727.

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Kaitlyn Riley’s passion for communications started on her family’s dairy farm in Gays Mills, Wis. Wanting to share agriculture’s story, she studied strategic communications and broadcast journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In college, she held officer positions with the Association of Women in Agriculture and Badger Dairy Club while volunteering as a news reporter for the college radio station. She also founded the university’s first agricultural radio talk show, AgChat. In her professional career, Kaitlyn has worked in radio, print and television news doing everything from covering local events to interviewing presidential candidates, and putting back on her barn boots to chat with farmers in the field. Today, Kaitlyn can be seen covering local stories that matter to you in the La Crosse area.