"I'm pleased that so many communities in our state are participating in this event and I urge all Ohioans to clean out their medicine cabinets and take advantage of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day."
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, (D-Ohio), said, "Addiction isn't an individual problem or a character flaw, it's a disease a disease that all too often starts in the family medicine cabinet."
The day is being sponsored by the Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration.
Saturday, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., bring your unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs. Liquids, needles or sharps cannot be accepted. Drop off pills or patches only.
In Dayton, the police department is offering five drop-off sites:
- Police Headquarters, 335 W. Third St.
- Central Patrol Operations Division, 248 Salem Ave.
- East Patrol Operations Division North, 417 East Helena St.
- East Patrol Operations Division South, 2721 Wayne Ave.
- West Patrol Operations Division, 951 Washington St.
If you can't bring in drugs Saturday, the five Dayton sites have drop-off boxes available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Here are the other area law enforcement agencies participating in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day:
- Beavercreek Police Dept., 1388 Research Park Drive
- Sugarcreek Twp. Police Dept., 4398 Clyo Road
- Kettering Police Dept., at the Kettering Recreation Center, 2900 Glengarry Drive
- Grandview Medical Center PD, Soin Medical Center, 3535 Pentagon Blvd., Beavercreek
- Greene County Sheriff's Office, 120 E. Main St., Xenia
- Miami County Sanitary Engineer's Office, 2200 N. County Road 25A
- Huber Heights Police Dept., 6121 Taylorsville Road
- Miami Twp. Police Dept., 2660 Lyons Road, Miamisburg
- Fairborn Police Dept., 70 W. Hebble Road
- Clearcreek Twp. Police Dept., 7593 Bunnell Hill Road, Springboro
- Springboro Police Dept., 320 W. Central Ave.
- Butler Twp. Police Dept., 3510 Sudachi Drive
- Lebanon Division of Police, at the Kroger parking lot, 1425 Columbus Ave., Lebanon
- Franklin Police Dept. lobby and at the Franklin Fall Festival on South Main Street
- Vandalia Division of Police, 245 James Bohanan Drive
- Englewood Police Dept., at the government center, 333 W. National Road.
- Warren County Drug Task Force, at the Kroger, 5100 Terra Firma Drive, Mason
- Springfield Police Division, 130 N. Fountain Ave.
From 3 p.m. until midnight, you can participate in Beards Against Drugs, a competition fundraiser to help raise awareness about the opioid epidemic in Montgomery County.
The event will be at Rip Rap Roadhouse, 6024 Rip Rap Rd., Dayton. Participants of all levels of hairiness are encouraged to compete. Organizers said judging begins at 5:30 p.m.
Funds raised will benefit Brigid's Path, an inpatient medical care facility for drug-exposed newborns and Nova Behavioral Health Inc., which provides alcohol, drug and mental health treatment services.
Contests include Best Gray Beard, Full Beard, Freestyle Beard, Whaler, Chops, and Natural Moustache. There is a kids and women's creative beard contest, where contestants can use anything to depict a beard.
The fundraiser also includes an ugliest tattoo competition, raffle prizes, a 50/50 drawing, food and entertainment.
Go to the Synful Beard Oil and Balms Facebook page to pre-register and for tickets, which will be $12 or $15 at the door.
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