Tag: prescription drug boxes

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a picture with bottles of prescription drugs

Safe and Responsible Disposal Event Saturday for Unwanted Prescription Drugs

Oct. 27, 2023 | 2:51 PM

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Time to check and clean out your medicine cabinets, nightstands, or shelves where you keep your prescription drugs and safely dispose of your unwanted or expired medications. Medications can’t just be thrown out or flushed, you need to dispose of them safely and responsibly, so they don’t pollute streams or other bodies of water or get picked out of your trash.

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Picture of a Sheriff's Prescription Drug Drop Box with medication bottles on top.

More than 17,000 Pounds of Rx Drugs Are Off the Streets

May 7, 2019 | 5:05 PM

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The totals are in for the recent National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and San Diegans turned in 8,411 pounds of unwanted or expired medications at 42 drop-off sites. Additionally, local law enforcement agencies provided the Drug Enforcement Agency with another 8,965 pounds of prescription drugs collected at year-round drop boxes.