Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon, Hanover Township Chief Michael Loock, Morris Plains Borough Chief of Police Mike Koroski, Morris Township Chief of Police Robert Shearer, and Randolph Township Chief of Police Will Harzula announce that on Saturday, April 27, 2024, they will be participating in the annual Operation Take Back program.
Operation Take Back is a semi-annual event coordinated nationally by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in which law enforcement agencies at the state, county, and municipal level work collectively to host Operation Take Back across the nation.
The goal of Operation Take Back is to encourage the public to anonymously turn over unused, unwanted, or expired prescription medicine for proper disposal. The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office has partnered with the Morris County Sheriff’s Office, the Hanover Township Police Department, the Morris Plains Borough Police Department, the Morris Township Police Department, and the Randolph Township Police Department in this effort to reduce abuse and misuse of pharmaceutical drugs. At its conclusion, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and Morris County Sheriff’s Office will collect the discarded prescription drugs and properly destroy them in a safe and non-hazardous manner.
During this event, satellite collection sites will be operating from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., including at the following Morris County locations,
ACME Supermarket
690 Millbrook Ave.
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
Budd Lake Fire Department
378 Route 46
Budd Lake, New Jersey 07828
Flanders Fire Department
27 Main Street
Flanders, New Jersey 07836
Shoprite of Greater Morristown
178 East Hanover Ave.
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey 07927
Stop and Shop Supermarket
245 Littleton Rd./US 202
Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
Wegmans
34 Sylvan Way
Hanover Township, New Jersey 07054
If you are unable drop off your medication at one of these locations, you can utilize any other permanent drop box locations nearest you, by checking this link.