The Island Heights Municipal Alliance Committee (MAC), and the Island Heights Police Department are taking part in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) “OPERATION TAKE BACK NJ”. The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Jersey (NJ) Division Operation Take Back NJ is to provide a safe and legal method for the citizens of New Jersey to dispose of their unwanted, unused, and expired medicines.

On Saturday, September 25, 2010 please drop off your no longer needed and expired medicines at the lobby of the Island Heights Police.

Each year, experts say, a growing number of teenagers quietly turn to a seemingly unlikely source to score drugs — their parents’ medicine cabinets. According to the most recent studies, Monitoring the Future, University of Michigan, between 1997 and 2007, treatment admissions for prescription painkillers increased more than 400 percent.1 In addition, between 2004 and 2008, the number of visits to hospital emergency department involving the non-medical use of narcotic painkillers increased 111 percent.2 DEA NJ Division is launching this initiative on Saturday, September 25, 2010, called "Operation Take Back New Jersey." This program will afford New Jersey residents the opportunity to rid their homes of their unused, unwanted, and expired medicine. Several New Jersey county prescription drug abuse task forces and focus groups have recognized the need for efficient, secure, and environmentally sound methods to collect and dispose of unused, unwanted, and expired medicine. The goal of the program is to allow the citizens of New Jersey to deliver all of their unused, unwanted, or expired medications to law enforcement officials who can in turn dispose of these controlled substances in a safe and non-hazardous manner, preventing these pills from falling into the hands of juveniles or into the illicit market in our communities.

The program's website, www.operationtakebacknj.com will identify participating police departments, collection sites, and other program information. Prevention and treatment organizations may be contacting their local police departments to lend their support for this initiative.

Police Officer Bob Sinnott #254
Island Heights Police Department
Office: (732) 270-3006
Dispatch: (732) 270-3000
E-Mail: ihpd254@comcast.net
Municipal Alliance Coordinator
Drug and Alcohol Prevention
Borough of Island Heights

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