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Enter zip code or County/City/State to see Collection Sites near you. Check back often; sites are added daily. Zip Code County City State Search within ? mile radius: 102550100+ Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. Th...
That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of prescription drugs. National Take Back Day Results October 2024 April 2024 October 2023...
In total, since the start of Take Back Day, the total is now at 17.9 MILLION POUNDS (8,950 tons or so) of prescription drugs collected. How YOU Can Give Back Your Drugs If you have drugs around the home you don't need, you can find your nearest Take Back Day location at the butt...
During the six previous drug take-back days, people turned in nearly 2.8 million pounds ofprescription drugs, the DEA said. Last year, more than 5,800 collection sites were operated by more than 4,300 of the agency's law enforcement partners. ...
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...
The take-back program been highly successful. Since the first one in September 2010, Americans have brought in more than 4.1 million pounds (over 2,100 tons) ofprescription drugs, according to the DEA. Unused prescription drugs in homes are a public health and safety issue because they can ...
In addition to DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there are many other ways to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs every day, including the 11,000 authorized collectors that are available all year long. For more information, visit DEA’s year-round collection site locator....
Bryan County Opioid Prevention Project (BCOPP) is teaming up with local Bryan County police departments to participate in the national Drug Takeback Day. Drug Takeback Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and environmentally-friendly opportunity to anonymously dispose of prescription drugs, while...
A record-breaking 912,305 pounds -- or 456 tons -- of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs were collected during the eighth annualPrescription Drug Take Back Dayevent last month,according to a press releaseTuesday from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).The DEA say...