The process is anonymous and free with no questions asked.
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Charles Warner | The Union Daily Times This sign on the Med Return Drug Collection Unit at the Union Public Safety Department lists what can be disposed of in it and what cannot. The non-medical use of prescription drugs ranks second only to marijuana as the most common form of drug abuse in America.
Authorities continue to battle the still-climbing number of cases of prescription drug abuse, opiate addiction and accidental poisonings and overdoses. Drugs thrown away in the trash or flushed down a toilet are potential safety and health hazards, so all citizens are encouraged to seek out official channels such as Saturday’s drive to dispose of their unwanted medicine.
Expired, unwanted and unused prescription drugs will be collected, the Concord police wrote in a press release. In addition to these permanent sites, on Saturday, September 26, there will also be Rx drop offs set up in Byram at Waterloo Village with the cooperation of the Byram Police Department as well as in Hamburg with the Hamburg Police Department.
According to the DEA, nine previous nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day events have removed more than 4,823,251 pounds, or 2,411 tons, of prescription drugs from circulation. We can not accept liquids or needles, only pills or patches. UCF Police collects items from the boxes and stores them until they are picked up by the DEA. Over the past 10 years Americans have turned in over 4.8 million pounds of prescription medications at these events.
UCF’s 6th-annual Drug Take Back Day will be held from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. inside the Student Union.
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The more responsible adults can empty their cupboards and medicine cabinets of unused prescription drugs, the safer it will ultimately be for their families.
