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More than 11,500 pounds collected during Maryland s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
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By: WMAR STAFF
and last updated 2021-04-30 10:50:16-04
BALTIMORE â More than 11,500 pounds of prescription drugs was collected in Maryland during the DEA s 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day last Saturday.
The nationwide event is held twice a year and aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible way to dispose of prescription drugs and educate the public about potential abuse of medications.
âThousands of Maryland residents die every year due to overdose, with a significant number of those overdose deaths caused by opioids. Take Back Day provides a vital opportunity for us to fight against the opioid problem here in Maryland,â said DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Orville O. Greene. âThose who participated in Take Back Day and disposed of unused prescription medication, may have saved
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency collected 7,850 pounds of unused, expired and unwanted medications in San Diego last week as part of a national event, a DEA spokeswoman announced Friday.
The DEA collected more than 829,500 pounds just over 419 tons of medications during its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 24, spokeswoman Rachel Crowley said in a statement.
More than 4,000 community partners contributed their time at 5,060 collection sites throughout the U.S., Crowley said.
John W. Callery, special agent in charge at the San Diego office, thanked county residents for helping out.
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“We asked you to do your part to get unused and unwanted medications out of your homes, and you did,” Callery said in a statement. “Through your efforts, we collected almost 8,000 pounds of medications that can no longer be misused, abused or stolen.”
46 tons of unwanted drugs collected during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in New England Christine Mui
More than 46 tons of expired, unused, unwanted prescription drugs were collected in New England on the 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day held last Saturday.
Massachusetts and Maine led the region and accounted for 30,386 and 27,340 pounds respectively of the 92,283 pounds collected in total, The New England Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement Friday.
The amount is nearly four times the 13 tons disposed when the initiative started in September 2010, the statement said.
Residents were able to dispose of their medications, electronic vaping devices and cartridges over a four-hour window at any of the 565 collection sites, the statement said.