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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

WASHINGTON, DC – With opioid overdose deaths increasing during the pandemic, the Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its 20th Take Back Day on Saturday, April 24th. DEA’s October 2020 Take Back Day brought in a record-high amount of expired, unused prescription medications, with the public turning in close to 500 tons of unwanted drugs.

Over the 10-year span of Take Back Day, DEA has brought in more than 6,800 tons of prescription drugs. With studies indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is essential.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. has seen an increase in overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 87,200 Americans dying as a result of a drug overdose in a one-year period (Sept. 1, 2019 to Sept. 1, 2020), the most ever recorded in a 12-month period.

The increase in drug overdose deaths appeared to begin prior to the COVID-19 health emergency, accelerating significantly during the first months of the pandemic.

“It’s important to keep our own homes safe by regularly cleaning out medicine cabinets and any other areas where we store our pharmaceuticals,” said Acting Administrator D. Christopher Evans. “Bringing unused or expired medications to a local collection site for safe disposal helps protect your loved ones and the environment.”

The public can drop off potentially dangerous prescription medications at collection sites which will adhere to local COVID-19 guidelines and regulations in order to maintain the safety of all participants and local law enforcement.

DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs. Liquids (including intravenous solutions), syringes and other sharps, and illegal drugs will not be accepted.

DEA will continue to accept vaping devices and cartridges at its drop-off locations provided lithium batteries are removed.

Helping people dispose of potentially harmful prescription drugs is just one way DEA is working to reduce addiction and stem overdose deaths.

Learn more about the event at www.deatakeback.com, or by calling 800-882-9539.

Locations that are participating within 50 miles of San Marcos or visit www.deatakeback.com to find additional locations.

Take Back Day: Saturday, April 24, 2021, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

COLLECTION SITEs DISTANCE MAP/DIRECTIONS
If you do not find a collection site near you, please check back frequently, sites are added every day.
COMAL COUNTY SPRING BRANCH FIRE STATION
SGT, RICK CARDENAS
26miles. Map
LIVE OAK POLICE DEPARTMENT 33miles. Map
BOERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CIV RYAN COOK
46miles. Map
LEANDER POLICE DEPARTMENT 50miles. Map
TRAVIS COUNTY CONSTABLE PRECINCT 2 44miles. Map
CEDAR PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT 49miles. Map
SHAVANO PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT
STEFANI WADE
42miles. Map
ALAMO HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT 42miles. Map
BEXAR COUNTY CONSTABLE
RAMIRO GUZMAN
46miles. Map
SAN ANTONIO ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT
YOUNG MEN’S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
LT. JAVIER RODRIGUEZ
49miles. Map
BALCONES HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT
JOEY SEPULVEDA
46miles. Map
PFLUGERVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
SHANNON MARTIN
51miles. Map
NORTHSIDE ISD POLICE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF CHARLIE CARNES ASSISTANT COP ALEX VILLAREAL
50miles. Map
ROUND ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT 56miles. Map
If you do not find a collection site near you, please check back frequently, new sites are added every day.
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