Berks County is seeing success with its pharmaceutical drug drop-off program.
The district attorney's detectives announced Monday that they collected 5,517 pounds of pharmaceutical drugs that were dropped in 24 boxes placed throughout Berks County in 2014.
That's a 64 percent increase over the 3,364 pounds that were collected in 2013.
Officials attribute part of the increase to six additional police departments -- Bally, Boyertown, Shillington, Tilden, West Reading and Wyomissing -- joining the DA's program in 2014.
"Prescription drug abuse is the number one gateway to heroin use," Adams said. "We will continue to expand our program to the Berks County police departments that want to engage directly with their communities in the fight against prescription drug abuse. This program will continue to benefit us for years to come."
This program was developed in 2013 as a cooperative effort involving the district attorney's office, the Council on Chemical Abuse (COCA) and the Berks County Solid Waste Authority.
Pharmaceutical drug drop boxes can be found at the locations listed below:
• Amity Police Department, 2004 Weavertown Rd., Douglassville
• Bally Police Department, 425 Chestnut St., Bally
• Berks County Coroner’s Office, 1047 MacArthur Rd., Bern Township
• Berks County Detectives, Berks Co. AG Center, 1238 Welfare Rd., Bern Township
• Bern Twp. Police Department, 1069 Old Bernville Rd., Bern Township
• Birdsboro Police Department, 200 East Main St., Birdsboro
• Boyertown Police Department, 100 S. Washington St., Boyertown
• Brecknock Police Department, 889 Alleghenyville Road, Brecknock Township
• Caernarvon Twp. Police Department, 3307 Main St., Morgantown
• Central Berks Regional P.D., 2147 Perkiomen Ave., Mt. Penn
• Exeter Twp. Police Department, 4975 DeMoss Rd., Exeter Township
• Fleetwood Police Department, 110 West Arch St., Fleetwood
• Kutztown Police Department, 45 Railroad St., Kutztown
• Muhlenberg Police Department, 5401 Leesport Ave., Muhlenberg Township
• Penn State Berks Campus, Tulpehocken Rd., Spring Township
• Reading Police Department, 815 Washington St., Reading
• Sinking Spring Police Department, 3940 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring
• Shillington Police Department, 999 East Broad St., Shillington
• Spring Twp. Police Department, 2800 Shillington Rd., Spring Township
• Tilden Township Police Department, 870 Hex Highway, Tilden Township
• Tulpehocken Police Department, 22 Rehrersberg Rd., Rehrersberg
• Western Berks Regional P.D., 100 N. Reber St., Wernersville
• West Reading Police Department, 500 Chestnut St., West Reading
• Wyomissing Police Department, 22 Reading Blvd., Wyomissing
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