Drug Disposal - National Take-Back Initiative

This Saturday the 29th is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's next National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. On that day people can bring their unwanted or expired medications—including opioid painkillers—to disposal sites across the country....

Prescription medications are now the most commonly abused drugs among kids ages 12–13 and second to marijuana among young adults, according to 2010 data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Studies show that a majority of these drugs are obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.

On the last Take-Back Day, April 28, Americans brought a record 276 tons of prescription drugs for proper disposal to more than 5,600 locations.

Currently, in Kokomo the collection sites are the downtown Walgreens and KPD. There are a couple in Peru and the surrounding area as well.

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html