US EditionLocal officials run drop-off sites on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Local officials organized multiple drop-off sites on April 26, 2025, in Dallas County to support National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
- Project FREEDOM and the VitAL Alabama Program collaborated with the Drug Free Communities group in Dallas County to provide Dettera kits for safe medication disposal, responding to low participation in previous collection events.
- The Dettera packages enable safe disposal of medications at various locations including police departments, schools, churches, and funeral homes to protect the environment from contamination.
- Sheriff Mike Granthum said, "If you don't know what it is, it's better to call us to dispose of it," highlighting the importance of safe disposal to avoid water pollution and misuse.
- This initiative aims to reduce leftover medications in homes and environmental risks, while offering ongoing disposal options beyond the one or two annual national collection days.
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BRHD partners with local law enforcement for Drug Take Back Day
The Bear River Health Department partnered with local law enforcement agencies throughout Cache, Box Elder and Rich counties for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, providing locations for locals to dispose of prescription drugs and electronic cigarettes.
Take Back Tour comes through Dallas County - The Selma Times‑Journal
Project FREEDOM through the University of Alabama’s VitAL Alabama Program has teamed up with the Drug Free Communities of Dallas County to distribute kits to local organizations to help dispose of medication and illegal drugs in an environmentally safe way. The two organizations stopped by the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office to deliver Dettera packages, which will allow for drugs to be safely disposed of. Sheriff Mike Granthum said that many time…
Drug Take Back event part disposal, part educational
WIZMnews.com A good turnout for Saturday’s Drug Take Back Day event outside the La Crosse County Health and Human Services building. Laura Runchey, a health educator with the La Crosse County Health Department, said people drove, biked, and walked up. People were dropping off expired, unused, or unneeded prescriptions and medications. That included one who had medications that were more than seven years. She said that that happens during this…
National Drug Take-Back Day with locations to drop off unused medications
CENTRAL COAST, Calif. (KION-TV) -- April 26 is National Drug Take-Back Day with pharmacies all over the country joining forces to fight against prescription drug misuse. Collection sites were set up nationwide to take back tablets, capsules, patches and other solid prescription drugs with no questions asked. This follows a successful fall when over four thousand law enforcement agencies collected over 630,000 pounds of medication. More than 19 m…
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