The Cannon County Sheriff’s Department announces they are now a member of the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Unwanted Pharmaceuticals Take Back Program. With the program, the Sheriff’s Department and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is able to provide a permanent bin which is now installed in the lobby of the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department building for Cannon County residents to collect unwanted and expired medication that have the potential to be a safety, environmental, and health concerns for the citizens and the occupants of their homes.
The bin is available to the public from 7A-4P Monday through Friday. Sheriff Darrell Young emphasizes that residents can drop off their unwanted and expired medications at no cost and no questions will be asked. The bin is off limits to pharmacies and hospitals however as they have their own rules and regulations of medication destruction.
This program will be a great asset to the community as it gives residents of Cannon County a way to dispose of their unwanted and/or expired medications rather than waiting for surrounding counties to put together a drug take back event which sometimes takes months in the process.
