Drug Take-Back Collection: Wisconsin collects more than 60K pounds of unwanted drugs
Valerie Juarez
and last updated 2021-05-06 18:45:59-04
Wisconsinâs Drug Take Back Day, held on April 24, collected 60,632 pounds of unwanted drugs, Attorney General Josh Kaul said.
That placed Wisconsin as the second largest Drug Take Back collection in the United States this year. Wisconsin is once again one of the top states in the country for Drug Take Back,â Kaul said. âThank you to the thousands of Wisconsinites who have helped fight substance-use disorder by ensuring that more than 60,000 pounds of unused and unwanted medications are being safely disposed of and wonât be diverted.â
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By Jason Taylor
US-PRESCRIPTION-DRUGS-DEA
IOWA - Final numbers from last month s national Drug Take Back Day show Iowa collected about 45 percent of the drugs in a five-state region.
Almost seventeen-thousand pounds were collected in the state during the spring take back day that takes place annually. The five state Omaha Division combined for almost thirty-eight-thousand pounds.
About seventy police and sheriff s departments in Iowa joined thousands across the country to take part in the program that s organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Drug Take Back Day is billed as a safe and anonymous way for people to get rid of unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications.
By Jason Taylor
US-PRESCRIPTION-DRUGS-DEA
IOWA - Final numbers from last month s national Drug Take Back Day show Iowa collected about 45 percent of the drugs in a five-state region.
Almost seventeen-thousand pounds were collected in the state during the spring take back day that takes place annually. The five state Omaha Division combined for almost thirty-eight-thousand pounds.
About seventy police and sheriff s departments in Iowa joined thousands across the country to take part in the program that s organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Drug Take Back Day is billed as a safe and anonymous way for people to get rid of unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications.