Count It, Lock It, Drop It


Do You:
  • Lock up you prescription or over-the-counter medications?
  • Count your prescription or over-the-counter medications?
  • Have children/teenagers living in or visiting your home?
  • Have visitors in your home?
  • Had medications taken without your permission?
If you said no to any of the above questions, go to www.CountItLockItDropIt.org for more information.

336 Pounds of Medications Collected

On Saturday, April 11, the combined haul of the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office and the Bristol Police Department was 336 pounds of medications collected at their Take Back events. The Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition thanks these officers for this continued service to their communities.


If you missed the Take Back event, here are other places that you can drop your medications, any time, any day:

Next Medication Take Back Event

Saturday, April 11 from 10 AM - 2 PM


Carter County: Elizabethton Chamber of Commerce
Johnson County: Mountain City Town Hall 
Trade Fire Department  
Laurel Bloomery Fire Department 
Butler Fire Department
Shady Valley Fire Department
Sullivan County: Bristol Police Department Municipal Parking Lot
Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office
Washington County:Johnson City Police Department
Jonesborough Fire Hall

Thanks to the great work of too many to name!

House repeals Intractable Pain Act, last stop Haslam

                                                                                      Nick Shepard / March 19, 2015




Almost to the Governor's desk. Please ask him to sign it ASAP!

Help Repeal the Intractable Pain Treatment Act

Following the passage of the Intractable Pain Treatment Act in 2001, the Federal Government sued pharmaceutical companies for misrepresenting the addictive properties of pain medications and won.

Watch the video to understand Pill Mills...
...then contact your legislator


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