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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Saturday, October 26 the 18^th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will be held.

 

• Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose, and abuse.
• Pharmaceutical drugs can be just as dangerous as street drugs when taken without a prescription or a doctor’s supervision.
• The non-medical use of prescription drugs ranks second only to marijuana as the most common form of drug abuse in America.
• The majority of teenagers abusing prescription drugs get them from family and friends—and the home medicine cabinet.
• Unused prescription drugs thrown in the trash can be retrieved and abused or illegally sold.
• Unused drugs that are flushed contaminate the water supply.
• Proper disposal of unused drugs saves lives and protects the environment.
• Take-back programs are the best way to dispose of old drugs.

 

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Sincerely,

Roy E. McKinney, Director MDEA