{"id":43263,"date":"2023-06-08T16:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=43263"},"modified":"2023-06-08T16:35:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T20:35:22","slug":"batavia-drug-take-back-day-scheduled-for-june-16th-at-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/08\/batavia-drug-take-back-day-scheduled-for-june-16th-at-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Drug Take Back Day scheduled for June 16th at Farmer&#8217;s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HEALing Genesee Work Group, in collaboration with the City of Batavia Police Department, will be hosting a Drug Take Back Day next week at the Genesee Country Farmers Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is scheduled for noon to 3 p.m. June 16 at the market, which is located in the parking lot next to the former JC Penney building at Bank Street and Alva Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTypically, local law enforcement conducts take-back days in April and October, but we felt it important enough to provide an additional opportunity for the community to safely dispose of any unused or expired medications,\u201d said Christen Foley, project director. \u201cThis is just another initiative of HEALing Genesee to help make our community a safer and healthier place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The HEALing Genesee Work Group is a component of the GOW (Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming) Task Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foley said a table will be set up at the market to collect prescription medications. As required by New York State, law enforcement personnel will be on site to assist in the collection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe wish to thank our local police department for their partnership in this effort,\u201d Foley added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work group representatives also will be on hand to provide Naloxone training and share other resources with residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about HEALing Genesee, contact Sherri Bensley at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:sherri.bensley@co.genesee.ny.us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sherri.bensley@co.genesee.ny.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release The HEALing Genesee Work Group, in collaboration with the City of Batavia Police Department, will be hosting a Drug Take Back Day next week at the Genesee Country Farmers Market. The event is scheduled for noon to 3 p.m. June 16 at the market, which is located in \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/08\/batavia-drug-take-back-day-scheduled-for-june-16th-at-farmers-market\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[1854],"class_list":["post-43263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-drug-take-back-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-bfN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44272,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/genesee-orleans-wyoming-counties-healing-genesee-banks-on-proven-strategies-to-reduce-opioid-related-overdose-fatalities\/","url_meta":{"origin":43263,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE\/ORLEANS &#038; WYOMING COUNTIES\/HEALing Genesee banks on proven strategies to reduce opioid-related overdose fatalities","author":"aka","date":"July 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"On A Mission to HEAL:\u00a0Leading the HEALing Genesee initiative to reduce opioid overdose deaths are, from left, Columbia University research team members Louisa Gilbert, Nabila El-Bassel, Timothy Hunt and James David; Christen Foley, Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming Opioid Task Force coordinator; Paul Pettit, public health director for Genesee & Orleans Health Department; Randi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HEALing-team-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C436&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HEALing-team-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C436&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HEALing-team-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C436&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/HEALing-team-a.jpg?fit=1000%2C436&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33175,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/09\/genesee-county-sheriffs-report-batavia-man-facing-felony-drug-charges-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":43263,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY SHERIFF&#8217;S REPORT\/Batavia man facing felony drug charges","author":"aka","date":"June 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Tarrance Y. 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