The second Operation Medicine Cabinet project has both grown in size and success since the first event in October 2009. Finishing as one of the top drug-take back projects in North Carolina, OMC took place at 8 different locations in Watauga and Avery counties. With ample media coverage and community support, we were able to work together to save our kids and rivers from harmful prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs. The outstanding results include: 188,563.5 pills, 20.2 gallons of liquid medication, 300 sharps-needles, syringes and lancets, and a glucose meter.

Check out the video documenting law enforcement officials, pharmacists, volunteers and citizen participants:

Operation Medicine Cabinet May 22, 2010

Thank you to all of the community partners involved, especially the Watauga and Avery County Sheriff’s Departments and Boone Drug for handling and disposing of the turned in medicines. For more information please visit the High Country Press coverage or the OMC website.