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National Operation Medicine Cabinet Day
Saturday, April
26, 2014, is National Operation Medicine
Cabinet Day. Across the nation, people are invited to rid home medicine cabinets of all unused or old
prescription medications, including pain killers, medicated ointments, and
inhalers, as well as over-the-counter medications. Just place any unused
medications in a plastic bag and drop them off locally at the Orangetown Police Department located at
26 West Orangeburg Road in Orangeburg, between 10 am and 2 pm. You can also drop these medications off at
the CVS stores in Pearl River and Orangeburg from 10 am - 1 pm. (For more
information on Operation Medicine
Cabinet, call 845-359-3700.)
Although
National Operation Medicine Cabinet Day
is slated for Saturday, April 26, 2014, unused medications can be dropped off any Saturday throughout the year at the
Orangetown Police Headquarters from 12 pm to 6 pm.
Operation Medicine Cabinet is a drug abuse prevention measure sponsored
by the Orangetown Substance Abuse Committee, the Orangetown Police Department,
South Orangetown Community Awareness of Substance Abuse (SOCASA), the United
States Drug Enforcement Administration, Rockland Sheriff's Department, and the
New York State Police.
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