{"id":815643,"date":"2026-10-27T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815643\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T17:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T17:02:21","slug":"drug-take-back-events-in-the-historic-triangle-collect-884-pounds-of-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/815643\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug take-back events in the historic triangle collect 884 pounds of medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Drug-Take-Back-VIPs-and-Bags-10.26-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328608\" style=\"width:500px;height:auto\"  \/>The James City County Police Department collected 10 bags weighing 226 pounds of unwanted and expired medication (Photo\/Patty Schlosser Public Information Officer James City County)<\/p>\n<p>HISTORIC TRIANGLE\u2014Law enforcement agencies in James City County, York County and Williamsburg collected a combined 884 pounds of unwanted and expired medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 24.<\/p>\n<p>The James City County Police Department, York-Poquoson Sheriff\u2019s Office and Williamsburg Police Department partnered with the Drug Enforcement Administration to host free drive-through collection events at designated locations.<\/p>\n<p>Held each April and October, the initiative gives residents an opportunity to clean out their medicine cabinets and safely dispose of unused prescription medications.<\/p>\n<p>In York County, officials collected 18 bags weighing 352 pounds, according to Shelley Ward, public information officer for the York-Poquoson Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA huge thank you to everyone who took the time to stop by and participate! Your efforts help make our community a safer place,\u201d Ward said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>Williamsburg collected 17 bags weighing 306 pounds, according to city Communications Director Nicole Trifone.<\/p>\n<p>James City County collected 10 bags weighing 226 pounds, according to police public information officer Patty Schlosser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re always glad to host this event for our community. Getting unused medications out of homes truly makes a difference, as it helps prevent them from being misused and keeps them from ending up in our waterways or landfills,\u201d Schlosser wrote in an email.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_3730-1-1-500x281.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328611\"  \/>York County officials collected 18 bags weighing 352 pounds of unwanted and expired medication (Photo\/Shelley Ward Public Information Officer York-Poquoson Sheriff\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The James City County Police Department collected 10 bags weighing 226 pounds of unwanted and expired medication (Photo\/Patty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}