Over the course of about two months, people deposited a total of 92.60 pounds in medication drop boxes located throughout McKean County.

“The medication drop boxes continue to be utilized in McKean County as a safe way for people to discard unused prescriptions,” said McKean County District Attorney Stephanie L. Vettenburg-Shaffer. “The goal of the boxes is to keep medication out of the hands of anyone other than the person who needs it and to keep it out of our water supply.”

A county detective with the district attorney’s office collects the medication from each box, weighs it, arranges for its destruction and reports to the state. Between May 2 and June 30, a total of 92.60 pounds were deposited into the boxes.

Sixteen pounds were collected from the box at the McKean County Prison; 50.20 pounds at Bradford City Police Department; and 26.40 pounds from the Kane Police Department.  No medication had been deposited into the box at Bradford Township Police Department since the last collection in May.

The medication drop boxes in McKean County are located at the McKean County Sheriff’s Department, Bradford City Police Department, Bradford Township Police Department and Kane Borough Police Department.