{"id":4898,"date":"2012-04-26T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2012-04-26T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T22:37:22","slug":"national-take-back-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/national-take-back-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"National Take-Back Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 28, 2012\u00a0 10:00 AM &#8211; 2:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>Americans that participated in the DEA\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. \u201cDEA 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the continued support and hard work of our more than 3,945 state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners, these three events have dramatically reduced the risk of prescription drug diversion and abuse, and increased awareness of this critical public health issue,\u201d said Leonhart.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/SEARCH-NTBI\/\">Collection Site Locator:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find a collection site near you. Check back frequently as collection sites are continuously being added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/drug_disposal\/takeback\/takeback_042812.html\">Law Enforcement Agencies Only:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For law enforcement agencies that wish to host a collection site please call the POC in your area.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justice.gov\/dea\/take-back\/takeback-day_2012.html\">Take-Back Day Partnership Toolbox:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here you will find a list of files that you can download to use for your own purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Public Inquiries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Inquiries can be made at 1-800-882-9539.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 28, 2012\u00a0 10:00 AM &#8211; 2:00 PM 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.\u00a0 This is a great opportunity for those who missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/national-take-back-initiative\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National 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\/4898"}],"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=4898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4899,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4898\/revisions\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}