National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is tomorrow, and the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s Office of Drug Control Policy encourages Iowans to clean out their medicine cabinets and safely dispose of unused and unneeded medications.
This special one-day event is held each spring and fall. The fall collection, held in October, netted over 5,550 pounds of old medicine from Iowans. To date, Iowans have safely disposed of over 101 tons of unused medications at these events.
Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take Back events will operate from 10am-2pm at designated sites across Iowa.
For more information go to dea.gov/takebackday.
