The Caddo Sheriff’s Office will be hosting Drug Take Back Day at Sheriff’s Safety Town on Saturday.
Drug Take Back Day allows citizens to dispose of unwanted prescription drugs. The Sheriff’s office will be working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and will be collecting old, unwanted, and expired pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications.
The event will start at 10 a.m. and will end at 2 p.m. at 8910 Jewella Avenue.
“Visiting a Drug Take Back location like the one we provide at Sheriff’s Safety Town is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of prescription drugs that keeps medications out of the wrong hands and helps eliminate the potential for abuse,” Prator said.
How long has it been since you cleaned out your medicine cabinet? Chances are somewhere hidden behind the toothpaste, hair gel, muscle cream, and whatever else you keep in there, is a bottle of prescription medication that is well past its expiration date. It could be antibiotics you didn t finish taking that one time you were sick because whatever bug you caught went away after a few days, or it could be something that could be dangerous if someone like a child got a hold of it like pain pills you received after an accident or surgery. Whatever they are, the Indiana State Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) are teaming up to give you the opportunity to dispose of them safely during their annual Drug Take-Back Day.
And, it is.
But it s also the amount Richmond Police Department needs to collect April 24 during the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to surpass 10 tons of drugs collected in less than nine years.
That s 20,000 pounds, and that truly is a lot.
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RPD will be collecting unwanted and unused pills and other medications from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 24, outside the police department entrance at the Richmond Municipal Building, 50 N. Fifth St. Participants can pull up on the west side of the building and officers will come to their vehicle.
Pills left over from your prescription often pose medical risks to others, and health experts urge Vermonters to dispose of their surplus supplies on National Drug Take Back Day this weekend.
Misuse of friends and family members prescription drugs is a leading cause of poisoning, addiction and overdose deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The risk has risen during the COVID pandemic: In Vermont last year, opioid-related deaths rose 38% over 2019, according to the state Department of Health.
Many pharmacies and police departments around the state accept unwanted medications year-round, but an expanded roster offers the service twice per year. This spring, folks are encouraged to participate 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Mon, 04/19/2021 - 11:15am
MIDCOAST Ahead of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 24 the locations of the Maine collection sites have been announced.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. In 2020, the collection sites began accepting vaping devices and associated substances.
At a previous Take-Back Event in October 2020, federal, state, and local government entities took back more than 985,000 pounds of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs at more than 4,500 locations across the United States. Over the course of the program, more than 14.6 million pounds of prescription drugs have been safely collected across the country, including more than 450,000 pounds of medication in Maine alone.