BATON ROUGE – Saturday was National Drug Take Back Day, an event started by the Drug Enforcement Agency in 2010. All across the country, people could dispose of any excess or expired prescription and over-the-counter medication at designated take back day locations.
One of those locations was at the Baton Rouge Police Headquarters on Airline Highway, where people could drive up, give volunteers their old or unneeded medication and go on their way.
The take back event in Baton Rouge has become a big community partnership among organizations like BRPD, the DEA, Louisiana Blue, the Zachary Fire Department and more…