Narcotics/Vice Division

Local Results of the National Prescription Drug Takeback

Pharmacy students Lisa Eggleston, Angelic Toy, and Heather Goodman wait to accept the medications with Officer Cervantes at the HEB in Flour Bluff.
Pharmacy students Lisa Eggleston, Angelic Toy, and Heather Goodman wait to accept the medications with Officer Cervantes at the HEB in Flour Bluff.

The Corpus Christi Police Department participated with the Drug Enforcement Agency and held the National Prescription Drug Takeback event this past Saturday in Corpus Christi. The purpose of the event is to reduce pollution from improperly disposed medications and to reduce misuse of prescription drugs. These are the local results from the event:

April 25th @ CCAD/NAS, 308 Crecy St, CC, TX     16.00 lbs

April 27th @;

HEB, 3033 S. Port Ave., CC, TX                              59.84 lbs

HEB, 5313 Saratoga Blvd, CC, T                              95.92 lbs

HEB, 11110 Leopard, CC, TX                                   132.44 lbs

HEB, 1145 Waldron Rd., CC, TX                             81.84 lbs

KIII, 5002 SPID, CC, Texas                                      467.72 lbs

HEB, 1600 Wildcat Dr., Portland, TX                       104.72 lbs

HEB, 106 S. San Patricio, Sinton, Texas                    63.36 lbs

HEB, 101 E. Goodnight Ave, Aransas Pass, TX       48.40 lbs

HEB, 409 E. Kleberg Ave., Kingsville, TX               51.04 lbs