APRIL 30, 2011<\/p>\n
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM<\/p>\n
Find a collection site near you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.\u00a0 More than seven million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, according to the 2009 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration\u2019s National Survey on Drug Use and Health.\u00a0 Each day, approximately, 2,500 teens use prescription drugs to get high for the first time according to the Partnership for a Drug Free America.\u00a0 Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the home medicine cabinet.<\/p>\n In an effort to address this problem, DEA, in conjunction with state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, conducted the first ever National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, September 25, 2010.\u00a0 The purpose of this National Take Back Day was to provide a venue for persons who wanted to dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs.\u00a0 This effort was a huge success in removing potentially dangerous prescription drugs, particularly controlled substances, from our nation\u2019s medicine cabinets.\u00a0 There were approximately 3,000 state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the nation that participated in the event.\u00a0 All told, the American Public turned in more than 121 tons of pills on this first National Take Back Day.<\/p>\n Due to the overwhelming success of the first event, DEA has scheduled the second National Prescription Drug Take Back Day which will take place on Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity for those who missed the first event or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of them.<\/p>\n APRIL 30, 2011 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Find a collection site near you This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.\u00a0 More than seven million Americans currently abuse prescription drugs, according to the 2009 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration\u2019s National Survey on Drug Use and Health.\u00a0 Each day, approximately, 2,500 … Continue reading NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK INITIATIVE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3472,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Find a collection site near you<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"