Virginia Beach Police Department encourages participation in National Drug Take Back Day
and last updated 2021-04-23 06:43:02-04
NORFOLK, Va. - National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 24, and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., police departments around Hampton Roads are participating to help get unwanted medications off the streets.
Properly disposing of unwanted medications is beneficial for multiple reasons, including environmental reasons. It can also help keep medications away from children and others who may abuse them.
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a survey showed the majority of misused prescription drugs were obtained by family and friends, many times from a home medicine cabinet.
Guam and NMI join National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
By Shane Healy
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 24. Various sites on Guam and the Northern Marianas will be set up to help efforts to rid homes of potentially dangerous, expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs, according to a news release sent by the U.S. Attorney s Office.
The initiative addresses public safety and public health issues that surround drugs languishing in home cabinets, becoming highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse, the release said.
The following sites will; receive unused prescription drugs and vaping device products between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.:
Nearly 100 Iowa sites set for Drug Take Back Day on Saturday businessrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from businessrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ten years ago, a Crockett Intermediate School student, a member of the schoolâs Future Problem Solving Team, Zain Syed, suggested using publicly accessible drop boxes for use in disposing of unwanted or out-dated prescription medications as a means of helping to control prescription drug abuse in the community. Now, Paris Regional Medical Center is continuing that effort.
âThe U.S. Department of Justiceâs Drug Enforcement Administrationâs next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,â said Savannah Abbott, director of marketing and communications at Paris Regional Medical Center. âWe have a drug take back station in our lobby and would love to invite community members to utilize it any time, but especially on [that date].â
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Most people might not guess that pills (or creams, patches, and inhalers, for that matter) have a big impact on the environment but they do.
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