More than 670,000 pounds (335 tons) of unneeded and expired medications were collected during Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s) biannual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Since 2010, about 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications have been collected nationwide for proper and safe disposal as part of DEA’s Drug Take Back Days.
In addition to disposing of expired and unneeded medications during DEA’s Drug Take Back Days, consumers can search for disposal collection sites that are open year-round using NABP’s Drug Disposal Locator Tool, available on the Association’s consumer website, safe.pharmacy.