Louisville Metro Police spent the weekend getting unwanted prescription drugs off the streets.
The program's purpose is to prevent prescription drug misuse and to reduce the potential for accidental overdoses and poisonings through proper disposal.
FBI agents and local police officers have made strides in recent years breaking up gangs in Louisville, part of a long-term plan to reverse the city's rising gun violence issue.
It will expire when the federal COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., anyone can anonymously dispose of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 drop-off locations nationwide.
Some places in Kentucky are also participating, including the VA Hospital and certain Walgreens and Kroger stores.
In April 2021, Angela Parkerson's son Nick Rucker took what he thought was half of the prescription pain killer Percocet.
Louisville DEA agents, working with the Jeffersontown Police Department recovered the drugs July 10, but officials didn't say where it occurred.
In a news release Tuesday, ISP said collection sites will be set up at each post in Indiana for people to get rid of their expired, unused and unwanted drugs.
Indiana State Police, the Louisville Metro Police Department and local agencies will have drop-off locations in place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23.