Saturday’s drug take-back event, which was sponsored by nearly three dozen community groups, collected 4,311 pounds of medications and 1,307 pounds of sharps at eight sites in Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties.
That’s 633 pounds more of medications than were collected during an October event, according to an Educational Service District 112 news release.
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