Virginia Guard assists DEA in drug destruction - Oct. 12, 2012

Virginia Guard Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard Counterdrug Program and 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment help load approximately 14,000 pounds of unwanted and expired prescription drugs before hauling the drugs to an incinerator for destruction in Northern Virginia Oct. 12 in Richmond, Va. The Soldiers worked in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration as part of the DEA’s National Take-Back Initiative, designed to properly dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs.