Turn in your unused or expired prescription medication for safe disposal. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.2 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. ...
National Drug Take Back Day Events Happening in Tri-ValleyThomas, Jeremy
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Police departments, sheriff’s offices and other locations around Eastern North Carolina and the country will take part in the 24th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and in some places even longer, you can...
A few years later, in 2011, the Hufnagels decided to turn their grief into something positive, leading the effort for Shaler police to take part in the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, they did so once again in the library parking lot,...
This year's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has been postponed due to COVID-19. But you can still safely dispos...
DENVER — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with help from law enforcement agencies and community partners, collected more unused prescription drugs than any previous National Drug Take Back Day events. On April 29, more than 900,000 pounds of drugs were brought in to 5,500 sites acros...
**REMINDER: DEA NATIONAL DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY SATURDAY OCTOBER 24, 2020** Chief Garofalo is announcing the WWPD's participation in the DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day being held on Saturday October 24, 2020 from 10 am to 2 pm. The WWPD's Detective Bureau will have a tent ...
(HealthDay)—If you have expired, unused or unwanted drugs in your medicine cabinet, you can safely dispose of them on National Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday. The free and anonymous service is offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at collection sites across the nation. To find a site ...
(HealthDay)—The ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day will be held Saturday at more than 5,200 sites across the United States, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration says. Ad The free and anonymous program enables people to bring their expired, unneeded and unwanted prescription pill...
One expert said Prescription Drug Take-Back Day targets a very important issue. "The abuse ofprescription medicationis one of the biggest drug problems in the United States today," said Sheila Brocavich, an assistant clinical professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John...