Spring cleaning for medicine cabinets
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 10:59 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 10:04 PM EDT
NILES, Mich. -- The Berrien County Health Department and local law enforcement got in on a little spring cleaning, Saturday.
The Health Department offered five locations where people could drop off their un-used or expired medicine.
Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem across the nation.
And locally they're just happy to give people a safe place to get rid of the drugs.
"If there is anything that we can do to help students and youth to not abuse prescription drugs, then its a win-win situation for everybody," says Kerri Teachout, a Substance Abuse Prevention Supervisor.
The Health Department says its goal was to pick up 350 pounds of medication in the collection drive.