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Dump your drugs in Johns Creek on this day in April

On April 28, Johns Creek police will be set up outside Emory Hospital accepting unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs.
On April 28, Johns Creek police will be set up outside Emory Hospital accepting unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs.
By Mitchell Northam
April 10, 2018

Johns Creek police want your drugs.

On April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the police department will be collecting unwanted, unused or expired drugs.

The event is part of the DEA’s National Drug Take-Back day.

Police will be collecting the drugs at a station outside Emory Johns Creek Hospital's Physician's Plaza at 6335 Hospital Parkway.

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All pills are accepted, but police will not accept needles or liquids.

The event aims to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications, Johns Creek police say.

For more information, please call the Johns Creek Police Department at 678-474-1607.

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