Cleaning out medicine cabinets can save lives

Police offering safe disposal of prescriptions that often get in wrong hands Multiple reasons exist to take advantage of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., area law-enforcement officials say. Keeping expired or unused drugs in medicine cabinets can make homes a burglary target and also increase the risk that an older patient may become confused and...

Total of drugs taken off street exceeds estimate

DEA officials said Coatesville collected 85 pounds during National Drug Take Back Day By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Coatesville Police Officer Rodger Ollis seals one of the three boxes of unwanted medicine collected Saturday during the National Drug Take Back initiative. Maybe Coatesville Police Officer Rodger Ollis has been spending too much time in the gym: His 20-pound estimate...