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Newport News Now is a daily e-newsletter that launched in March 2016. Articles that ran in our newsletter between March 2016 and March 2018 are available on these pages. Newsletters produced beginning in April 2018 can be viewed on our new daily newsletter page.

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Apr 25

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Posted on April 25, 2016 at 10:10 AM by Communications Department

The Newport News Police Department, in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration, will participate in the 4-25 got_drugs_SCNational Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 30th from 10 AM to 2 PM. Anyone with unused/unwanted prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet, the National Drug Take-Back Day event is the best option for safely discarding the medicine. During the event, officers will collect the medication and properly dispose of them, no questions asked. Medications that are not properly disposed of can pollute water supplies and cause harm to children, pets and others.

There will be three drop-off locations in Newport News:

Newport News Police Department South Precinct
3303 Jefferson Ave.
Newport News, VA 23607

Sentara Port Warwick Hospital Emergency Room (Front Parking Lot near Emergency Room) 1031 Loftis Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606

Newport News Police Department North Precinct
368 Deshazor Drive
Newport News, VA 23608 (Lot between Police and Fire Departments)

For more information, visit: http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback