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Updated: 10:29 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital The DEA s 20th annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be taking place this Saturday, April 24! Take Back Day is a bi-annual event that aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the public about the potential for abuse of medications. People will be able to drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at collection sites across the state from 10am to 2pm on Saturday. Find the nearest drop-off site here.The following items will be accepted: tablets, capsules, patches, solid forms of prescription drugs, vaping devices (with batteries removed) and cartridges.Liquids, syringes, sharp objects and illegal drugs will not be accepted.All locations will be manned by local law enforcement agencies due to the presence of controlled substances. All collection sites will also adhere to local COVID-19 guidelines.“The rate of prescrip
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National Prescription Drug Takeback Day is Saturday. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
BROOKFIELD, WI Overdose deaths are rising in Wisconsin and across the U.S. To stymie the spread of narcotics and fight drug addictions, law enforcement is holding an event to collect unwanted prescription medications.
On Saturday, National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be held across the U.S.
Brookfield residents can drop off their unwanted prescriptions:
Subscribe Waukesha County Sheriff s Department, 515 W Moreland Blvd, Drop Box only M-F 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Town of Brookfield Police Department, 655 N Janacek Rd., Drop box only M-F. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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.:
By Ben Olson
Apr 22, 2021 10:14 AM
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Healthy Sheboygan County, in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will hold a Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at three drive-thru drop-off locations throughout Sheboygan County. This is a safe, convenient and responsible means of disposal: