The DEA’s National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is a twice yearly event that helps you safely and anonymously dispose of unwanted medications.
In October this map will be updated with collection sites to help you find a convenient location
According to the EPA, most water treatment facilities cannot filter out drugs. Medicines that are poured down the drain can enter our environment and community drinking water supplies.
Accidental drug overdose is one of the most common sources of household injury. Young children are especially at risk. A key part of securing drugs is disposing of them when they are no longer needed.
Keeping drugs in the home beyond the time when they are needed poses health risks. Expired drugs may not only be ineffective, they can be harmful to the user.
Prescription drugs can be used to get high. The primary source for misused medicine is family and friends’ medicine cabinets. Research has shown that brain development continues into the twenties and early drug use may have an impact on this development.
Take back your unneeded drugs, and they’ll be incinerated. Help prevent drugs from ending up in the wrong hands, and harming your friends, family, or neighbors.
