National Drug Take Back Day-September 25th!

By Christine Dziembowski

Got Drugs? Turn in your used or expired medications for safe disposal on September 25th during National Drug Take Back Day!

This nation-wide campaign provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. These drugs are a potential source of supply for illegal use and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety.

This one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse. **Please note: All submissions are anonymous. Prescription and over the counter solid dosage medications, i.e. tablets and capsules will be accepted. Intra-venous solutions, injectables, liquids and needles will not be accepted. Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.

Did you know?:

• 12 to 17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than they abuse ecstasy, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined


• 60% of teens who have abused prescription painkillers did so before age 15


• There are as many new abusers age 12 to 17 of prescription drugs as there are of marijuana

Prevent Prescription Drug Abuse! Take Back Your Drugs from 10am to 2pm at one of the following Delco. locations:

• Aldan Borough Police Department
  1 West Provicence St., Clifton Heights, PA


• Brookhaven Municipal Center
  2 Cambridge Rd, Ste 100, Brookhaven, PA


• Eddystone Lighthouse Hall Community Center
  1401 East 9th St., Eddystone, PA


• Glenolden Borough Building/Police Dept
  36/38 Boon Ave., Glenolden, PA


• Media Police Dept
  301 N Jackson St, Media, PA


• Media State Police Barracks
  1432 W. Baltimore Pike, Media, PA
  
• Radnor Township Municipal Bldg., 301 Iven Ave., Wayne, PA


• Ridley Park Borough Police Dept.
  230 West Chester Place
  Ridley Park, PA


• Sharon Hill Borough Hall
  250 Sharon Ave., Sharon Hill, PA
  
• Springfield Township Building
  50 Powell Road, Springfield, PA
  
• Tinicum Township Police Department
  629 North Governor Printz Blvd, Essington, PA


• Upper Chichester Twp Police Dept
  8400 Furey Rd., Boothwyn, PA
  
• Upper Darby High School
  601 Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, PA


• Upland Police Dept.
  222 Castle Ave., Upland PA


• Wayne Senior Center, 108 Station Rd., Wayne PA

For more information and to check for other locations, please visit www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/takeback

For more information on how to prevent prescription drug abuse/misuse with your child, visit Not in My House, a site created by Abbott and The Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Here you'll learn how to monitor, secure and dispose to protect your child.