National Take-Back Initiative April 4, 2012 NATIONAL TAKE-BACK
INITIATIVE APRIL 28, 2012 10:00am – 2:00pm The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day which will take
place on Saturday, April 28, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is a great
opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently
accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those
medications. Americans that participated in the DEA's
third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on October 29, 2011, turned in
more than 377,086 pounds (188.5 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for
safe and proper disposal at the 5,327 take-back sites that were available in
all 50 states and U.S. territories. When the results of the three prior
Take-Back Days are combined, the DEA, and its state, local, and tribal
law-enforcement and community partners have removed 995,185 pounds (498.5 tons)
of medication from circulation in the past 13 months. “The amount of prescription drugs turned
in by the American public during the past three Take-Back Day events speaks
volumes about the need to develop a convenient way to rid homes of unwanted or
expired prescription drugs,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “DEA
remains hard at work to establish just such a drug disposal process, and will
continue to offer take-back opportunities until the proper regulations are in
place.”  |
