Crime & Safety

Reminder: Drug-Take Back Day Is Saturday

The Petaluma Police Department is participating in the sixthNational Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, April 26 at the Petaluma Community Center.

Take-Back Days allow the public to help prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs. 

The collection site will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. , and the service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

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Medicines that languish in home cabinets create a public health and safety concern because they are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. 


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