Save the date and tell your patients: Drug take-back day set for Sept. 27
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled the ninth DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day for Saturday, September 27. On this day, thousands of authorized collection sites across the country will accept unneeded and expired prescription medications, including controlled substances, for safe and legal disposal. Since 2010, DEA’s Take-Back Day initiative has collected 4.1 million pounds of prescription medications, helping to prevent diversion, misuse and abuse of these drugs.
DEA is currently finalizing collection sites for the Sept. 27 Take-Back Day. Starting Sept. 1, check the DEA website to look up an authorized drug collection location.
Patients often wonder what to do with unused, unneeded and expired medications. Encourage them to get rid of them the right way by dropping them off for proper disposal on Sept. 27.