METROPOLIS – National Drug Take Back Day is set for Saturday, Oct. 28.

The Metropolis Police Department in partnership with the Massac County Drug Awareness Coalition, State Rep. Patrick Windhorst and State Sen. Dale Fowler will take your unused medication in the front lobby of the Metropolis Police Department on Broadway Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will be incinerated.

This initiative addresses a “public safety and health issue” because medicines that are left too long in households can be easily vulnerable to misuse and abuse.