Ellis County Sheriff’s Office 

The Ellis County Drug Enforcement Unit will participate in the DEA’s Take Back Prescription Drug Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sites will be manned by uniformed officers at Good Samaritan Center, 2700 Canal, and the Hays Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2700 Vine.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.

Helping people to dispose of potentially harmful and addictive drugs is just one way local law enforcement is working to reduce the addiction and overdose rates in the area.

Citizens can drop off both prescription and over-the-counter drugs in pill, patch, tablet and capsule forms, and liquids stored in leak-proof containers. No syringes or aerosols can be accepted.