Lowcountry joins national Drug Take Back Day to safely dispose of unused medications

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The second annual Drug Take Back Day is underway across the country, with multiple locations in the Lowcountry participating in the effort to collect expired or unnecessary medications.

Julia Horan, director of the Substance Use Prevention Unit at the Department of Public Health, emphasized the importance of the event, noting that while drug overdoses are trending downward, vigilance remains crucial.

“People are still overdosing and a big driver of drug overdose is prescription drugs,” Horan said…

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