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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 81 PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY SET FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 26 The Sarasota Police Department will be one of many local law enforcement agencies taking part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's Seventh Annual Prescription Drug Take Back, the department has announced. The event, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., offers opportunities for people to remove potentially dangerous prescription drugs from their homes, a news release says. People may voluntarily turn in to law enforcement officers expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs and other medications; those drugs will be destroyed, the release notes, and no questions will be asked. "Medicines kept in home cabinets are highly susceptible to misuse and theft," the release points out. "Unfortunately, most people who abuse prescriptions get them from friends and family. Flushing medications down the toilet or throwing them in a trash can even … cause health hazards to humans and animals," it adds. Collection locations will be set up throughout Sarasota County. Two drop-off sites will be provided by the Sarasota Police Department and another two by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the news release says. Other locations will be offered by the New College Police Department, the North Port Police Department and the Venice Police Department. release points out. The campus police station is at 501 College Drive, one block north of University Parkway on U.S. Route 41. Visitors should park in the Heiser Natural Sciences Center lot across from the station. For more information about the New College collection effort, contact the campus police at 487-4210. For more information on Take Back Day, visit http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/ drug_disposal/takeback/index.html New College Campus Police will be collecting unwanted, unused or expired prescription Further details are offered on the accompadrugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a college news nying poster. Press Releases & News Tips News@SarasotaNewsLeader.com