Hundreds of pounds of unused medication collected on Take Back Day
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and last updated 2021-04-24 20:39:15-04
More than 500 pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs were collected on
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day â and that s from only two Utah police departments reporting their numbers so far.
More than 20 drop-off locations participated in Saturday s event, which gave people a chance to safely dispose of old or extra medication. Its ultimate goal was to help prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths.
The leftover prescription drugs are sent to the Drug Enforcement Administration, which will have them safely incinerated.
Broome County safely discards old, no longer needed prescriptions in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
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(WBNG) Expired prescription drugs are making their way out of old medicine cabinets and into safe disposal bags as a way to get old medications out of peoples homes if they no longer need them.
The Southern Tier participated in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and Broome County Police say the day helps to stop the once helpful medicine from getting misused.
Police say over 1,000 pounds of old medication has been collected within the last 6 months. It gets it off of the street, so there s no supply for a black market, said Broome County Police Officer Willard Andres.
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At a collection site outside of CVS near the Towers Shopping Center in Roanoke, 7 full boxes of medications were collected Saturday. (Copyright 2020 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.)
ROANOKE, Va. – In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid crisis, volunteers collected unused or expired prescription medications on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
Rather than flush pills down the toilet and pollute waterways, thousands of drug take back sites collected bottles of drugs. People gathered outside a CVS near Tower Shopping Center in Roanoke and unloaded full bags of medications.
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