The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and the Military and Veterans Administration (DMVA) are encouraging Pennsylvanians to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day initiative on Saturday. I’m here. National Prescription Drug Takeback Day since 2010 aims to combat prescription drug misuse by creating a convenient way to dispose of drugs at risk of misuse in home medicine cabinets . Clean out your medicine cabinets and dispose of old, unused or unwanted prescription drugs,” said DDAP Acting Administrator Dr. Latika Davis-Jones. “This safe approach to drug disposal helps keep our loved ones and communities safe. Through our back program, we provide the opportunity to dispose of medications year-round: More than £1 million of prescription drugs have been destroyed in all 67 Pennsylvania counties since the Pennsylvania drug recall program began in 2015. rice field.
The Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) and the Department of Military Veterans Affairs (DMVA) are encouraging Pennsylvanians to attend the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. .
Since 2010, the DEA has run the National Prescription Drug Takeaway with the goal of combating prescription drug misuse by creating convenient ways to dispose of drugs at risk of misuse in home medicine cabinets. I have provided a date.
“Prescription Takeback Day signals that it’s time to clear out the medicine cabinet and get rid of old, unused or unwanted prescription drugs,” said DDAP Acting Administrator Dr. Latika Davis-Jones. I’m here. “This safe approach to drug disposal helps keep our loved ones and communities safe.”
During the most recent National Prescription Drug Collection Day in October 2022, the DEA collected more than 26,000 pounds of unused drugs from more than 250 collection locations in Pennsylvania.
In addition to the DEA’s Prescription Drug Takeback Day, the Shapiro Administration offers year-round drug disposal opportunities through the Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Takeback Program.
“If you can’t make it on Saturday, there are hundreds of boxes throughout Pennsylvania that are available year-round,” Davis-Jones said.
Since Pennsylvania’s drug recall program began in 2015, all 67 Pennsylvania counties have destroyed more than one million pounds of prescription drugs.
