Over 70 lbs. of unwanted medications were collected during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Shown, from left, are: Warwick Valley Coalition Coordinator Francesca Bryson, Warwick Police Officer Nick Scotto, Chief John Rader, Director of Prevention Services Annie Colonna, Mayor Michael Newhard, Town Supervisor Michael Sweeton & US National Guard Technical Sergeant Luis Giron.
After dropping off unwanted mediation, Nydia Feldner talks to Warwick Valley Coalition members (from left) US National Guard Technical Sergeant Luis Giron, Coalition Coordinator Francesca Bryson, Director of Prevention Services Annie Colonna & Judy Quackenbush.
Warwick Valley Coalition Coordinator Francesca Bryson (left) holds a large garbage bag for Nydia Feldner to place unwanted medications in as Coalition member Judy Quackenbush looks on. (
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Over seventy pounds of medication were collected by the Warwick Valley Prevention Coalition at a drop-off booth for unwanted pharmaceuticals. It was set up in the Chase Parking Lot on South St. in Warwick on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Sat., Apr. 23. The medication was picked up and weighed by the Warwick Police Department, who will bring the medications to an incinerator facility in Poughkeepsie, NY.
For those unable to attend the event who would like to safely dispose of unwanted medications, a Drug Collection Unit is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the lobby of the Warwick Police Station, 132 Kings Hwy., Warwick.