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Pharmacy Technology program helps Creedmoor Police Department with 2015 Operation Medicine Drop

April 1, 2015 | by VGCC Staff

This information was provided by the Creedmoor Police Department.

On Saturday, March 21, 2015, the Creedmoor Police Department, in cooperation with Safe Kids North Carolina, held the 3rd Annual Operation Medicine Drop Take-Back Event at Creedmoor City Hall. The event was a success, collecting more than 13,000 dosage units (pills). These collection events assist in ridding homes of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs, which prevent accidental poisonings and substance abuse in the community.  They also help to protect our water sources.  

 

The Creedmoor Police Department also has a permanent Drug Drop Box located in the lobby of Creedmoor City Hall, which was donated by Granville Health Systems. Since its inception in 2013, the box has taken in over 51,000 dosage units. Both the collection event and the permanent box support the Creedmoor Police Department’s mission to increase focus on actively engaging the community and ridding the community of potentially dangerous drugs.

 

Saturday’s event was staffed by Officer K. Blackburn along with Dr. Erica Fleming, Brenda Harvey, Schnail Bynum-Daniel and Jackie Burton, all of Vance-Granville Community College’s Pharmacy Technology Program. Mayor Darryl Moss also attended the event to encourage and support event organizers in their efforts. 

 

With unintentional poisoning deaths on the rise in North Carolina, the Creedmoor Police Department hosts Operation Medicine Drop events to serve as a reminder for parents and caregivers to:

 

  • Keep medicines locked up and out of reach of children.
  • Always read labels, follow directions and give medicines to children based on their weights and ages. Only use the dispensers packaged with children’s medications.
  • Avoid taking medicine or vitamins in front of kids, and don’t call them candy.
  • If you suspect poisoning and a child is choking, collapses, can’t breathe, or is having a seizure, call 911. Otherwise, take the product to the phone and call the national Poison Help hotline at 1-800-222-1222.
  • Dispose of medications at a designated drop location.  Flushing them into our wastewater can result in having unique compounds end up in our water. Flushing these products down the toilet are bad for our environment: the ground, water, and air around us. Controlling what goes down the drain is the easiest and most effective way to protect the environment.

 

CPD Chief Keith King expressed his sincere appreciation to members assisting with the event and to the community, who continue to embrace and support programs like this.

 

For more information on the Operation Medicine Drop program at the Creedmoor Police Department , please contact Creedmoor PD at 919-528-1515.

 

For more information about the Pharmacy Technology program , call Dr. Fleming at (252) 738-3482.

 

Above: From left, VGCC Pharmacy Technology student Schnail Bynum-Daniel, instructor Brenda Harvey, CPD Officer K. Blackburn, student Jackie Burton, and program head Dr. Erica Fleming.