(SYOSSET, N.Y.) – Nassau County Legislature Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) once again partnered with the Nassau County Police Department’s Second Precinct to host a springtime “Shed the Meds” event at the Syosset Public Library on Tuesday, April 21.
During the event, dozens of residents filled a total of four large garbage bags with their unwanted and/or expired prescription medications, which were collected and disposed of under the supervision of Second Precinct Problem Oriented Policing (POP) officers. Since last spring, Deputy Minority Leader Drucker’s Shed the Meds events have been responsible for the secure and environmentally safe disposal of enough unwanted medication to fill nearly two dozen large garbage bags.
“One of the most important forms of spring cleaning any of us can do is getting rid of the unwanted and expired medications in our medicine cabinet. By doing so, each of us can protect the environment and ensure that prescription drugs are not misused,” Deputy Minority Leader Drucker said. “That is why I am always so grateful to see how the public embraces our ‘Shed the Meds’ events, and I thank Sergeant Mardoney, the entire Second Precinct, and Syosset Public Library Head of Programming Alisa Fogel and her team for their enthusiastic partnership.”
PHOTO CREDITS – Office of Deputy Minority Leader Arnold W. Drucker