It's cold and flu season, a time of year you may find yourself stocking up on medicine just in case. That's how home medicine cabinets can get cluttered with outdated medications. Since 2010, over one million Americans have died from drug overdoses and many begin with medication that comes from medicine cabinets in their own home or the homes of friends and family members they may visit.
This weekend, the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Drug Take-Back campaign encourages citizens to look through the cabinets in their home to take inventory of drugs no longer needed, and more importantly, to safely dispose of them. This helps keep expired, unused, or unwanted prescription or over-the-counter drugs from being misused or abused.
Our community's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day takes place this Saturday, October 28 from 10am to 2pm at police department locations throughout Polk County. Please clean out your medicine cabinet and help do your part to avoid drug abuse and addiction!
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