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. ...
Prescription Drug Take Back Day 04.22.2023 10:00 am - 2:00 pm LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Lakeport Police Department is participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22. The ev
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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,...
You're in luck because Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Over the past four years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has spearheaded this initiative and has held seven previous Take-Back Days, which are authorized by the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of ...
Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses because of these drugs. In addition to DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there are many other ways to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs ...
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...
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was established by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2010 to provide a safe, convenient and responsible means to dispose of prescription drugs, while educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications...
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...
"National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day and other similar awareness programs are extremely important, common-sense tools in the fight against addiction in this country," said Janina Kean, president and CEO of High Watch Recovery Center in Kent, Conn. "Simply put, if you keep these unwanted ...