National Drug Take Back Day
National Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday.
Properly dispose of your unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications. Not sure how? Follow these guidelines from the Federal Drug Administration and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy:
- Follow any disposal instructions on the label or patient information you get with your prescription.
- Don’t flush medicines down the toilet or pour them down the sink unless the disposal instructions say to do so.
- If there are no disposal instructions, participate in a drug take-back day.
- If you are unable to attend a drug take-back day, take unwanted prescription medications out of the original bottle and mix them with coffee grounds or kitty litter in a sealed bag or closed container. This makes pills less appealing and less recognizable to anyone who can see your trash—including your kids.
- Remove all personal information from prescription bottles to protect your privacy.
Take Back Day: Saturday, April 30, 2016 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Local Collection Sites:
Sacramento DEA - 4328 Watt Avenue Sacramento, CA 95821
Sacramento Police Department - 3550 Marysville Road Sacramento, CA 95838
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office – 5510 Garfield Avenue Sacramento, CA 95841
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office – 2897 Kilgore Road Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office – 7000 65th Street Sacramento, CA 95823
Sacramento Police Department – 5770 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95822
Citrus Heights Police Department – 6315 Fountain Square Drive Citrus Heights, CA 95621
California Deptartment of Health, Food and Drug Branch – 7335 Gloria Drive Sacramento, CA 95831
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