Minier Police Department
participates in Drug Take Back Day
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[April 28, 2018]
On Saturday, April 28th
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Minier Police Department and the Drug
Enforcement Administration will give the public its 15th opportunity
in 7 years to prevent pill abuse and theft by riddling their homes
of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription
drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to the Minier Police Department
at 110 West Central Street in Minier. (The DEA cannot accept
liquids, needles or sharps, or patches.) The service is free and
anonymous, no questions asked.
Last fall Americans turned in 456 tons (912,000 pounds) of
prescription drugs at more than 5,300 sites operated by the DEA and
4,300 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall, in
its 14 previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners have taken in
more than 9-million pounds – more than 4,500 tons – of pills.
This initiative addresses a vital public safely and public health
issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly
susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription
drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of
accidental poisonings and overdoes due to these drugs.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey
on Drug Use and Health shows year after year that the majority of misused and
abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including
someone else’s medication being stolen from the home medicine cabinet. In
addition, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of
unused medicines – flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash –
both pose potential safety and health hazards.
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For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs or about the
October 28 Take Back Day, go to
www.DEATakeBack.com.
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