DEA Heads First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The Drug Enforcement Administration and government, community, public health and law enforcement partners today announced a nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. DEA will be collecting potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for destruction at sites nationwide o n Saturday, September 25th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Collection sites in every local community can be found by going to www.dea.gov . This site will be continuously updated with new take-back locations.  Collection sites in Reno include Walgreens, Scolari’s and Save Mart.

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