The DEA and the Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff hold biannual Take Back Days aimed to provide a safe, convenient, and ecologically responsible method of prescription medication disposal while also focusing on prevention and education.
Take Back Day is this Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Bring your pills for disposal at the following sites. The DEA cannot accept needles or sharps, only pills, patches, and liquids sealed in their original container. Vaping cartridges and devices with batteries removed can be accepted at Take Back collection sites. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Take Back Collection Sites:
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- Concord Police Department, 1350 Galindo St. Concord
- Office of the Sheriff Muir Station, 1980 Muir Road, Martinez (Field Operations Building)
- Office of the Sheriff Bay Station, 5555 Giant Highway, Richmond (West County Detention Facility)
- Office of the Sheriff Valley Station, 150-C Alamo Plaza, Danville Boulevard and Stone Valley Road, Alamo
- Danville Police Department, 510 La Gonda Way, Danville
- Lafayette Police Department, 3471 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
- Orinda Police Department, 22 Orinda Way, Orinda
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue.
According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs.
The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.
The DEA’s Take Back Day events provide an opportunity for Americans to prevent drug addiction and overdose deaths.
8 comments
Everyone knows you can do this everyday right
Avoiding theft and abuse isn’t the only reason people should dispose of their meds this way.
Throwing your prescriptions in the garbage means they end up in the landfills. Which means they leach into the soil and the rain eventually pushes them into the groundwater. I think it goes without saying that it’s not good for the environment, nor the humans that use the water, to be exposed to unknown drugs and other contaminants.
Every little bit counts.
The dumpster diver in that area is going to have field day.
Why can’t people just flush their meds down the toilet? Seems odd to drive somewhere to give them to someone else.
something about it makes the fish swim sideways…. but what do I know; now I’m off the by more gasoline for my leaf blower.
The drugs always end up somewhere. It may seem harmless to send them in the sewer, but many drugs don’t break down for years.
Think about it this way. Every drop of water you’ve ever drank has been pissed in by an animal.
I just drop them off at CVS on Treat/Clayton. They have a bin
Just like paint and chemicals, drugs will break down over time and pollute the water ways which eventually dump into the bays and oceans.
I’ve always wondered if CVS had a system for disposal. Thanks Pony!
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