14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day Nets Record Number of Pills

Americans turned in a record-setting 912,305 pounds of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than 5,300 collection sites on the Drug Enforcement Administration's October 2017 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The collection exceeds the April 2017 amount by almost six tons. Since fall 2010, the DEA has collected more than 9 million pounds of prescription drugs. This year, DEA also worked with its tribal law enforcement partners to set up 115 collection sites on tribal lands. The next Prescription Drug Take Back Day is April 28, 2018.