{"id":20162,"date":"2025-10-25T12:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/20162\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:01:08","slug":"prescription-drug-take-back-event-scheduled-across-pinellas-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/20162\/","title":{"rendered":"Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Scheduled Across Pinellas County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Operation Medicine Cabinet Event Scheduled for October 25<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">PINELLAS COUNTY \u2013 The Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office and local law enforcement agencies will host Operation Medicine Cabinet on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Residents can safely dispose of unused or expired prescription medications at any of the nine designated locations across the county. No questions will be asked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">North County Locations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Countryside Mall Parking Lot, Southwest Corner (Clearwater Police Department), 27001 U.S. Highway 19 North, Clearwater <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 North District Station, 2496 Bayshore Boulevard, Dunedin<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mid-County Locations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Indian Shores Town Hall Parking Lot (Indian Shores Police Department), 19305 Gulf Boulevard, Indian Shores <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Largo Medical Center (Largo Police Department), 201 14th Street SW, Largo <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Largo Police Department, 201 Highland Avenue North, Largo <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Walgreens (Largo Police Department), 2295 East Bay Drive, Largo <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office, 10750 Ulmerton Road, Largo<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">South County Locations:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Walmart Supercenter (Pinellas Park Police Department), 8001 U.S. Highway 19 North, <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Pinellas Park St. Pete Beach Community Center (Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office), 7701 Boca Ciega Drive, St. Pete Beach <\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">St. Petersburg Police Department, 1301 1st Avenue North, St. Petersburg<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Operation Medicine Cabinet aims to increase public awareness of prescription drug abuse and provide a safe way to dispose of medications. Prescription drugs remain the most commonly abused substances in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The program does not accept biohazards or needles and is intended for private citizens only, not commercial entities. Drop-off sites will be located in parking lots or lobbies with a law enforcement presence at each location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For more information, contact the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 727-582-2222 or Live Free! at 888-727-6398.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1236\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_1128.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-60322\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Operation Medicine Cabinet Event Scheduled for October 25 PINELLAS COUNTY \u2013 The Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office and local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-20162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}