PHOTO: Drug Take-Back Day

By Keith Thorpe Olympic Peninsula News Group • May 18, 2022 1:30 am
Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on April 30. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were held in Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. Inspector Joshua Ley, Target Zero Manager with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, said citizens delivered 258 pounds of unwanted, unused, and/or expired medications to the courthouse drop-off location.
Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on April 30. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were held in Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. Inspector Joshua Ley, Target Zero Manager with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, said citizens delivered 258 pounds of unwanted, unused, and/or expired medications to the courthouse drop-off location.

Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles on April 30. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were held in Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. Inspector Joshua Ley, Target Zero Manager with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, said citizens delivered 258 pounds of unwanted, unused, and/or expired medications to the courthouse drop-off location.

By Keith Thorpe

Olympic Peninsula News Group