MIDDLE TOWNSHIP POLICE RELEASE

On Saturday November 14, 2009 between the hours of 10 am to 2 pm Middle Township Police will be hosting Operation Medicine Cabinet This is a DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) initiative to help dispose of prescription medication that is expired or no longer needed.

Officers will be at the Walgreens located at Route 9 and Linden lane across from the Lowes. They will be there to help dispose of your old prescriptions and answer any questions that you may have. If you want to remain anonymous, you can. Just come in and place your medications in the box. There will be no questions asked.

"This operation will reduce the availability of potent drugs that lead kids down a path to addiction,'' New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram said. "We can't break a cycle of dependence if powerful prescription drugs are stashed in our own homes, tucked away in drawers and cabinets."

According to McAleer and Valente, the 2007 study by the National Study of Drug-Use and Health, 70% of people who abuse prescription pain relievers say they got them from friends or relatives and the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), reports that upwards of 9 million people use prescription medication for non-medical uses. They noted that the 2007 Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey (PDFNJ) Principals Survey found that half of the principals surveyed said that prescription drugs are abused more than twice that of ecstasy and cocaine by New Jersey Middle School students.

Other locations throughout the County:
Avalon Police Department
3000 Dune Drive
Avalon, NJ 08202
609-967-3411

Cape May City Fire Department - Meeting Room
Franklin Street and Washington Street
Cape May City

Cape May County Park East
Rt. 9 & Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House
Cape May Court House- Cape May County Sheriff's Office, NJ 08210

Cape May City Fire Department - Meeting Room
Franklin Street and Washington Street, Cape May
Cape May Point, NJ 08204

Lower Township Police Department
405 Breakwater Road, Erma
Erma, NJ 08204

Walgreens
3300 U.S. 9, Rio Grande
Rio Grande, NJ 08210

Police Headquarters
901 Atlantic Avenue (Behind City Hall)
North Wildwood

Ocean City Intermediate School
1801 Bay Avenue
Ocean City, NJ 08226

Sea Isle City Police Department
233 J.F.K. Blvd.
Sea Isle City, NJ 08243

Stone Harbor Police Dept.
9508 Second Avenue
Stone Harbor, NJ 08260

Cape May City Fire Department - Meeting Room
Franklin Street and Washington Street
West Cape May, NJ

West Wildwood Police Dept.
701 West Glenwood Avenue
West Wildwood, NJ 08260

Wildwood Police Dept.
4400 New Jersey Ave.
Wildwood, NJ 08260

Wildwood Crest Police Department
6101 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ