Do you have medications that you do not want or expired and need to get rid of them? You do not have to pay for their disposal. April 30th is Prescription Take Back Day. You can drop off your unwanted medications at over 5,300 sites nationwide.
Some of the DC sites:
Drop Off between 10 am to 2 pm
US Capitol Police Headquarters-119 D Street NE
Walter Reed General Hospital -6900 Georgia Ave NW
First Police District- 101 M Street SW
Third Police District- 1620 V Street NW
UDC-come to driveway off of Van Ness St under the breezeway
For a site near you go to dea.gov
Getting rid of unused medications is one of the best ways to prevent unintentional misuse. According to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health-more Americans abuse prescription drug than illegal substances combined. Parents and grandparents: teens can go through your medicine cabinet and obtain medications you are not using. Medications that are no longer needed especially those narcotic painkillers are a must to take to Take Back Day. Simply throwing drugs away and flushing them down the toilet is not the right thing to do.
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