FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Americans can turn in unused
prescription drugs at more than 4,700 sites nationwide on Saturday as part
of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Drug
Take-Back Day.
The free event, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, gives people an
opportunity to safely dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription
drugs that could be stolen and misused if left in a home’s medicine
cabinet.
Collection sites can be found by going to the DEA Web site
(www.dea.gov) and clicking the “Got Drugs?” banner. You can search for
your closet collection site by zip code, city or county.
More Americans abuse prescription drugs than cocaine, hallucinogens and
heroin combined, according to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and
Health. Studies show that the drugs are often obtained from family and
friends.
Last year, more than 242,000 pounds — 121 tons — of prescription
drugs were
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