Take-Back

Tomorrow, as part of the National Take-Back Initiative, collection sites throughout the country, including churches, fire stations, pharmacies, and police departments, will be accepting your old meds for disposal between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Dispose of your meds safely on National Take-Back Day 2010

While the Take-Back program is anonymous, before you hand in your medications, be sure to scratch out all identifying information on the prescription labels to make them unreadable.

Dispose of your meds safely on National Take-Back Day 2010

The Take-Back event also is a way to address environmental problems that arise when unwanted prescription drugs are flushed down the toilet or dumped at a landfill.

Prescription Drug Abuse, Overdose Spawns DEA's National 'Take-Back' Day AP 2010

Virginia residents turned in more than 5,000 expired or unused prescription drugs during the commonwealth's first Drug Take-Back Day.

Va. embraces 'Drug Take-Back Day' Washington Post editors 2010

The Drug Enforcement Administration organized the national prescription drug "Take-Back" day for Sept. 25.

DEA Drug 'Take-Back' Nets 121 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Meds AP 2010

The national prescription drug "Take-Back" campaign will offer more than 4,000 sites around the nation where the public can drop off expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

Prescription Drug Abuse, Overdose Spawns DEA's National 'Take-Back' Day AP 2010

The DEA's Take-Back campaign grew out of local and state efforts by people like the Strains, who live in Manayunk, Pa.

Prescription Drug Abuse, Overdose Spawns DEA's National 'Take-Back' Day AP 2010

"The Take-Back Campaign was a stunning nationwide success that cleaned out more than 121 tons of pills from America's medicine cabinets, a crucial step toward reducing the epidemic of prescription drug abuse that is plaguing this nation," DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart said in a statement Tuesday.

DEA Drug 'Take-Back' Nets 121 Tons Of Unwanted Prescription Meds AP 2010

While the Take-Back program is anonymous, before you hand in your medications, be sure to scratch out all identifying information on the prescription labels to make them unreadable.

Dispose of your meds safely on National Take-Back Day 2010

Tomorrow, as part of the National Take-Back Initiative, collection sites throughout the country, including churches, fire stations, pharmacies, and police departments, will be accepting your old meds for disposal between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Dispose of your meds safely on National Take-Back Day 2010