Hancock County’s fall collection event for old and unused medications will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, October 26 at the Findlay Municipal Building parking lot on West Crawford Street.

Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

People can simply drive in, drop off their old medications for safe disposal and go on their way.

ADAMHS, the Hancock County Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services says, as part of Saturday’s collection effort, Naloxone kits (Narcan) provided by Hancock Public Health will be given to anyone who wants one. Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.

Residents are encouraged to bring unused or expired medicines to the collection event to help make sure the drugs are safely disposed of. Biannual collections in Hancock County have resulted in about 12,500 pounds of drugs being properly disposed over the past 12 years.

People who can’t make it to the medication collection on Saturday can drop off their medications anytime in the medication collection drop boxes available in the lobby of the police department, sheriff’s office and municipal building.

ADAMHS recently reported that drug overdose deaths in Hancock County have dropped 60 percent over the last three years.