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TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. About 420 tons of prescription medication was collected nationwide during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Take Back Day last month. In Pennsylvania, about 35,000 pounds of unused, expired and unwanted medication was turned in on April 24, according to agency statistics. The event, held twice a year, is meant to prevent such medications from getting into the wrong hands. The events can help reduce drug overdose deaths and prevent addiction by allowing for the safe disp...

KNBN NewsCenter1 May 3, 2021 RAPID CITY, S.D. — April 24 was the 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, where unused, expired, and unwanted medications can be turned over for safe and anonymous disposal. The goal is to help prevent addiction and potential overdose by removing those prescription pills from homes. South Dakota reported 1,651 pounds of medication collected by 23 law enforcement partners across 27 sites statewide. More than 5,000 such collection sites were open nationwide, with 419.7 tons of medication collected total. “Take Back Day is important as it allows us the o...

NorCal residents return 13 tons of drugs to the DEA FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Los Angeles was one of numerous cities to participate in a nationwide prescription drug drop-off event visited Los Angeles on April 24. The San Francisco office of the Drug Enforcement Administration reported that Northern California residents returned 13 tons of unused prescription drugs.Courtesy: DEAShow MoreShow Less 2of2 Los Angeles was one of numerous cities to participate in a nationwide prescription drug drop-off event visited Los Angeles on April 24. The San Francisco office of the Drug Enforcement Administr...

May 1, 2021 Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner and Assistant Special Agent in Charge Orville O. Greene of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Baltimore District Office announced today that the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 20 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day held on Saturday, April 24, 2021, collected 11,536.59 pounds of potentially dangerous prescription medications at Maryland’s approximately 100 available sites. The nationwide event is held twice a year and aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing...

More than 11,500 pounds collected during Maryland's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day FotografiaBasica/Getty Images/iStockphoto By: WMAR STAFF and last updated 2021-04-30 10:50:16-04 BALTIMORE — More than 11,500 pounds of prescription drugs was collected in Maryland during the DEA's 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day last Saturday. The nationwide event is held twice a year and aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of prescription drugs and educate the public about potential abuse of medications. “Thousands of Maryland r...