This Weekend: Drug–Take Back Day
The Office of Diversion Control, a division under the U.S. Department of Justice has announced that it will hold its annual drug–take back event this Saturday, September 26, 2015. If you have unused medication in your home and want to dispose of it safely, now is the time.
The ODC reported that in the last nine take–back events alone, the DEA has collected almost five million pounds of prescription medications. That number is astounding. If these take–back events did not occur, that large amount of unused medication would have either been disposed of improperly, or worse, fueled or began someone’s addiction.
Because a high number of addicts get their first painkiller from the medicine cabinet, proper disposal of unused medicine is crucial. Many Americans are not aware of how to properly dispose of medication. It often gets flushed down the toilet or left to sit and expire in medicine cabinets. The national drug take–back program will provide a safe was to dispose of unused medicine while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
So clean out your medicine cabinets find a collection site near year by visiting https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback