As part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the Oak Grove Police Department is joining the cause on Saturday.
They’ll be partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration, and officials invite community members to participate in the initiative from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 25. Prescription Drug Take Back Day is designed to prevent prescription drug abuse and theft through proper disposal of prescription drugs.
Medicines that aren’t properly disposed of and just linger in home cabinets are highly susceptible to misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are routinely high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs—and if they’re easily found in the home, they’re easily taken by those who might misuse those medicines.
Since it’s inception, the DEA and its partners have collected a total of more than 20 million pounds of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications through its Take Back Day events.
You can bring those unused or expired medications to the Oak Grove Walmart and Oak Grove City Hall, to allow for safe disposal of those items.