MADISON -- Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel announced on Wednesday, May 4th that 62,618 lbs. of prescription drugs were collected on Saturday, April 30th during the state’s drug take-back day. That's a 40 percent increase over the October 2015 total which at the time was a record-breaking collection.
In a news release, Schimel issued the following statement:
Officials say the 62,618 lbs. of prescription drugs have been boxed, palletized, shrink wrapped, and secured in three Schneider National Trucking semi-trailers for transportation to Covanta Energy Corporation in Indianapolis, where the drugs will be incinerated on Wednesday, May 4th.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), preliminary numbers show last weekend’s collection is the largest amount of drugs that has been collected by any state during drug take-back day since the program’s inception.