UpdatedTue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:24 am ET
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Officers from the Mount Vernon District Station pose next to garbage bags filled with unwanted medications collected Saturday as part of the annual DEA National Drug Take Back Day. (Fairfax County Police Department)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA Fairfax County Police Department collected 2,038 pounds of unwanted and expired medications Saturday as part of the DEA National Drug Take Back Day, according to a post on the department s official Twitter account.
Officers from FCPD s eight district stations helped county residents drop off unwanted and expired medications.
According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, millions of people every year misuse prescription pain relievers, stimulants, tranquilizers and sedatives. Nearly 50,000 people in the United States died from opioid-involved overdoses that year.
2,038 Pounds Of Expired Drugs Collected In Fairfax County
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Nearly 1 million pounds of prescription drugs were collected during the last take-back event in October 2020. (Shutterstock)
FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA If you have half-empty bottles of unused prescription drugs littering your bathroom shelves or medicine cabinet, mark your calendars for Saturday.
This year s first National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24, giving residents around Virginia an opportunity to dispose of the medications safely before they end up in the wrong hands.
This year s first National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24, giving residents of Fairfax County an opportunity to dispose of the medications safely before they end up in the wrong hands.