The
Wall Police Department will be TAKING BACK UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS October 26
at Wall Police Department Headquarters.
On
October 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the The Wall Police Department and the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in
three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of
potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to Wall
Police Headquarters at 2700 Allaire Rd., Wall, NJ. The
service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last
April, Americans turned in 371 tons (over 742,000 pounds) of prescription drugs
at over 5,800 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local
law enforcement partners. In its six
previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 2.8 million
pounds—more than 1,400 tons—of pills.
This
initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are
highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug
abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.
Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained
from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition,
Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose
potential safety and health hazards.
The DEA is in the process of approving new regulations
that implement the Safe and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends
the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” (that is, a patient
or pet or their family member or owner) of controlled substance medications to
dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney
General to accept them. The Act also
allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose
of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.
October 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the The Wall Police Department and the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in
three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of
potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your medications for disposal to Wall
Police Headquarters at 2700 Allaire Rd., Wall, NJ. The
service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
Last
April, Americans turned in 371 tons (over 742,000 pounds) of prescription drugs
at over 5,800 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local
law enforcement partners. In its six
previous Take Back events, DEA and its partners took in over 2.8 million
pounds—more than 1,400 tons—of pills.
This
initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are
highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug
abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.
Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained
from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition,
Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose
potential safety and health hazards.
The DEA is in the process of approving new regulations
that implement the Safe and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amends
the Controlled Substances Act to allow an “ultimate user” (that is, a patient
or pet or their family member or owner) of controlled substance medications to
dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney
General to accept them. The Act also
allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose
of their residents’ controlled substances in certain instances.
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