June 13, 2018
On June 6th and June 12th Sheriff Todd Caltagarone, District Attorney Shawn McMahon, and Commissioners Dan Freeburg, Jan Kemmer, & Matt Quesenberry enjoyed lunch with seniors at the Jones Township Senior Center and the Johnsonburg Senior Center. Both Centers hosted an unused medication collection from 11 AM – 1:00 PM each day. The program is intended to remove and destroy unused medications in an environmentally safe way while at the same time improving the health and safety of Elk County Citizens. Drug collection boxes are located at all Elk County local Police Stations and at the Pennsylvania State Police Barracks where they are accessible 24 hours a day. A collection box at the Sheriff’s office is accessible Monday through Friday during normal business hours.
The program is a joint effort between the Sheriff and District Attorney’s Office and adheres to a firm policy for the collection, control, and destruction of all collected unused medications. Collected medications are weighed and secured until such time on a quarterly basis where they are transferred to the PA National Guard for transportation to a facility for destruction. The Sheriff’s Office assures citizens of strict confidentiality and that no information is collected from the medications. Citizens can black out names on any prescription medication containers to alleviate any worry.
And on June 5th 161 pounds of unused medications was transferred to the PA National Guard for destruction. Guard members were accompanied by Agents from the Attorney General’s Office.
