[HEALTH.MIL] Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet: April 26 is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

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Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet: April 26 is National Prescription Drug
Take-Back Day 

4/18/2014 

TRICARE beneficiaries have a safe and easy way to dispose of expired
prescription drugs.

The Drug Enforcement Agency's (DEA's) National Prescription Drug Take-back Day
is April 26. Sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for people to bring
excess prescription drugs that otherwise could be abused or contaminate the
environment.

A 2011 national survey on drug use found that Americans are twice as likely to
regularly abuse prescription drugs as they are to regularly use cocaine,
hallucinogens, heroin and inhalants combined. The same study found more than 70
percent of people abusing prescription pain relievers got them through friends
or relatives, often without their knowledge.

During DEA's last take-back day in October 2013, Americans disposed of more than
647,211 pounds of prescription drugs. The last seven take-back days have
collected more than 3.4 million pounds of unused medication.

Prescription and over-the-counter "solid dosage" drugs-tablets and capsules-are
accepted, but intravenous solutions, injectable medications and needles are not.
Illegal substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are accepted.

To find a collection site near you, click "Locate Collection Sites" at
<http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback>
www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback. Many police and fire
departments,  schools, and military installations will participate in this
event.  If you do not find a collection site near you, please check back
frequently, sites are added every day.

Last Updated 4/18/2014 

 

SOURCE:  TRICARE News Release, 18 April 2014,
http://www.tricare.mil/CoveredServices/BenefitUpdates/Archives/4_18_14_NationalR
xDrugTake-BackDay.aspx

 

 

 

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