Drug Takeback a success

Celina, OH – Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey reports that on April 26, 2014, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office conducted a Drug Take Back Event.  The event was held in the Sheriff’s Office parking lot and lasted four hours.  During the course of the event, the Sheriff’s Office received 79 pounds of prescription pills and narcotic patches.  The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will pick up the pills collected from the event as well as pills collected in the permanent drug take back box in the lobby of the Sheriff’s Office.  The total weight of pills collected in Mercer County in less than six months is over 137 pounds.