LCAHY and THY Assist Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office at DEA’s Rx Take Back Day 2021

The Lowcountry Alliance for Healthy Youth, Teens for Healthy Youth, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, and Beaufort County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Department collaborated to collect unused prescription medications from residents. Thirty-one cars dropped off medications. Laila Holmes, a member of Teens for Healthy Youth at Bluffton High School, reached out to her mom to drop off their unused prescription medications and educated her mom on the importance of properly returning prescription medications. In addition, THY members passed out LCAHY’s Rx Fact Cards with year-round drop-off locations and THY’s Medicine Safety Tips Fact Card. LCAHY/THY, BCSO, and BCADAD have worked together annually at this event and plan to continue efforts to collect prescription medications in the spring.