The Florissant Police Department will join more than 4,000 other law enforcement agencies from across the country for this year’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

In Florissant, you can anonymously drop off expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at the Florissant Police Department, according to a release from the police.

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FLORISSANT , MO ( KTVI)- By just looking at him, you can't tell anything is wrong with  6 -year-old Clayton Williams from Florissant .He looks like a normal kid who loves playing. But what you can't see is he has bone marrow failure due to sickle cell anemia. His parents found out after a routine check-up just weeks after Clayton was born.

The young boy is learning to deal with the pain,  the horrible cramps and aches as a result of suffering from sickle cell an. Sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease .  The disease is a serious disorder in which the body makes sickle-shaped red blood cells. “Sickle-shaped” means that the red blood cells are shaped like a crescent. Normal red blood cells are disc-shaped and look like doughnuts without holes in the center. They move easily through your blood vessels. Red blood cells contain an iron-rich protein called hemoglobin.