Second Operation Take Back of 2022 Yields 139 lbs.

Published on November 09, 2022

Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Chris Kimker, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon, Hanover Township Chief of Police Michael Loock, Morris Plains Borough Chief of Police Mike Koroski, Morris Township Chief of Police Robert Shearer, and Randolph Township Chief of Police Will Harzula announce the annual autumn collection day of the Operation Take Back program yielded 139 pounds of surrendered medications.

Operation Take Back is a semi-annual event coordinated nationally by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in which law enforcement agencies at the state, county, and municipal level work collectively to host Operation Take Back across the nation.

Residents of Morris County were able to bring unused or expired prescription drugs to three designated locations - Shoprite of Greater Morristown in Hanover Township, the ACME Supermarket in Randolph, and the Stop and Shop Supermarket in Morris Plains. All drugs collected at the sites were weighed and properly destroyed by law enforcement officials.

Last April, an Operation Take Back collection held at Morris County locations yielded a combined 501 pounds.

If you were unable drop off your medication at one of these locations, you can utilize any other permanent drop box locations nearest you, which are listed at http://safehealthymorris.org/dropbox

Prosecutor Carroll and Sheriff Gannon said, “The Operation Take Back events have consistently yielded hundreds of pounds of expired and unused medications, taking them out of circulation and lowering the risk of prescription drug misuse. This demonstrates just how much the Morris County community relies on this service. We thank our law enforcement and commercial partners for making this annual event a great success.”

 

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Left to right: Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll, Lt. Joseph Waters of the Division of Criminal Justice, and Morris County Sheriff James Gannon.

 

 

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Morris Township Police Sgt. D. Pinheiro, Officer M. Nassar, Det. Muhammad Thomas, Prosecutor Carroll, and Det. Thomas McEnroe.

 

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