Sidney police offering drug take-back event Saturday

This Saturday, the Sidney Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be on-site at the Sidney Police Department to give the public an opportunity to help prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

The effort is part of The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, aiming to provide communities a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposing prescription drugs, as well as educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.

“We’ve been doing this for about nin...