FOLEY, Ala. — Do you have any old prescription drugs in your medicine cabinet? How about over-the-counter drugs that have an outdated expiration date? Then gather them up and head to Wal-Mart in Foley this Saturday. There, the Foley Police Department will safely dispose of them with no questions ask in its annual Drug-Take-Back Initiave.

From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, police will be in front of the McKenzie Street store to accept the medications.

“Please do not take old medications to the pharmacy,” a notice on the Foley Police’s Facebook page states. “They cannot take them.”

Saturday’s initiative is part of annual effort from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in hopes of safely disposing of outdated medications.

“Americans that participate in the DEA’s third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Oct. 29 turned in more than 377,086 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper dispisoal,” a news release states

On that day, Foley’s participation garnered positive results, as well.

“We had over 7 pounds of prescription medications turned in last year,” Foley Police Detective David White said in a phone interview. “We expect even more this year.”

According to DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart, that success proves more work needs to be done.

“The amount of prescription drugs turned in by the American public during the past three Take-Back Day events speaks volumes about the need to develop a convenient way to rid homes of unwanted or expired prescription drugs,” she said in the news release.

White explained that the reason behind such a need is that having outdated medications in the home has become problematic.

“They’ve become popular with teenagers,” he said.

White added that participating in the program is safer for the environment, as well.

“It keeps the medications out of the sewage systems and going out into the water,” he said.

For more information, visit the Foley Police Department Facebook page or call 251-943-4431.