Bolinsky: Rx Drug Take Back Day

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs.

During the last decade Americans have turned in more than 4.1 million pounds—more than 2,100 tons—of pills.

This is important because it has been reported that 6.8 million Americans have abused prescription drugs in recent years and the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs has risen. Studies have revealed more than 54 percent of people who abuse prescription pain relievers obtained them through friends or relatives, a statistic that includes raiding the family 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.

Join your Newtown neighbors on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at ?10AM to 2PM.

In our area you can bring your old pills for safe disposal to the address below:

The location is in Newtown Police Department lobby at 3 Main Street.

The event in sponsored by the Newtown Police Department, Newtown Health Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

If you don’t see a location close to you call 1-800- 882- 9539 or click the link below. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.