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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday, September 26, 2015 ~ Find out more and locate a collection site near you
Thomas F. O'Mara
September 24, 2015
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled the 10th annual "National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day" for Saturday, September 26, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
According to the DEA, this is a great opportunity for those who have missed the previous events, or who have subsequently accumulated unwanted, unused prescription drugs, to safely dispose of those medications.
To find out more and to find collection sites throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions, CLICK HERE
or visit the DEA website at http://www.dea.gov/index.shtml (click on the "Got DrugS?" icon on the home page for site locations and additional information)
“It’s incredibly important that our law enforcement leaders continue to take part in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Their ongoing leadership in this overall effort to combat the alarming rise of prescription drug abuse makes all the difference,” said Senator O’Mara.
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