DEA Hosts First Nationwide Prescription Drug 'Take Back' Day

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By LISA A. JONES and PIERRE THOMAS
ABC News
Sept. 25, 2010

You hear about the stories. People, especially children, getting a hold of prescription drugs and dying of an overdose. Some of it is accidental by toddlers and babies, but increasingly it's young people deciding that the medicine cabinet can be the source of their high. Parents and grandparents become unwitting drug dealers. And the fact is many Americans have old medicine, old prescriptions sitting in their bathrooms and their bedrooms. In an effort to rid households of unused prescription drugs, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has launched its first ever national "Prescription Drug Take-Back" campaign for Saturday, September 25 from 10am to 2pm at 3,400 sites across the nation. Drop-offs are anonymous. No questions asked. Authorities say the new campaign is urgently needed. "Prescription drug abuse is the nation's fastest growing drug problem…." said Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske.

The numbers are disturbing. According to the DEA, in 2008, 1.9 million youth, age 12 to 17, abused prescription drugs, with 1.6 million abusing a prescription pain medication. In fact, the DEA says, each day an average of 2,000 teenagers age 12 to 17 use a prescription drug without a doctor's guidance for the first time.

"This effort symbolizes DEA's commitment to halting the disturbing rise in addiction caused by their misuse and abuse," said Michele M. Leonhart, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

But will anyone participate and give up part of their Saturday to turn in drugs? DEA had success with a similar prescription drug take back program last year in New Jersey working with local officials. Roughly 9,000 pounds of medicine was collected, valued at $35 million.

Other participants in this new initiative include the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; the Partnership for a Drug-Free America; the International Association of Chiefs of Police; the National Association of Attorneys General; the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy; the Federation of State Medical Boards; and the National District Attorneys Association.

Again, there will be 3,400 collection sites in every local community across the nation, and DEA is updating their list regularly at www.dea.gov to provide the public with more information.
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On the plus side, if anyone wants access to sum delicious abusable medication I know a few places where you can find a stockpile (oops shit, no sourcing sorry).
 
i wonder how long it will take someone to figure out these people are going there with drugs to drop off...This is going to end with a Rx Muggings imo
 
No need to mug anyone, just start your own precription drop-off point and wait for them to come to you.
 
Tonight, you'll be able to commit any crime you want. The police forces everywhere will be noddin out on the stashes that were donated to them!
 
omg 'please think of the children'!!! christ they go right to the throat of the issue don't they


now if u'll excuse me I have to go steal a salvation army donation bin and start repainting it
 
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Maybe parents should keep a better eye on their medications? Just a thought.

Fuck the DEA drop bins. I dated a girl who worked in the pharmacy department of a walgreens. Apparently they throw out all kinds of shit if they get spilled on the floor or if they are expired.
 
Many bluelighters already support "Nationwide Prescription Drug Buy-Back at a Premium Year", I can't imagine it overtaking that in popularity.
 
I wonder what percentage of returned meds will be relabelled and resold either to unwitting consumers or on the streets
 
Bardo5 said:
Maybe parents should keep a better eye on their medications? Just a thought.

Fuck the DEA drop bins. I dated a girl who worked in the pharmacy department of a walgreens. Apparently they throw out all kinds of shit if they get spilled on the floor or if they are expired.
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more or less the person working there can take the spilled product at the bottom of the machine... true story
 
Bardo5 said:
Fuck the DEA drop bins. I dated a girl who worked in the pharmacy department of a walgreens. Apparently they throw out all kinds of shit if they get spilled on the floor or if they are expired.
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Lol thats true. In highschool my friend worked at a CVS and got into the dumb habit of "dropping" benzos then just eating them instead of throwing them out. He got fired pretty fast....
 
fryingsquirrel said:
No need to mug anyone, just start your own precription drop-off point and wait for them to come to you.
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I would imagine 90% of the people would prefer to get money for their pills as opposed to getting nothing for them.


I can only imagine the glory of working at a collection site.
 
Maybe im missing somthing, but if people dont want them why dont they just chuck em in the bin?
 
static_mind said:
Maybe im missing somthing, but if people dont want them why dont they just chuck em in the bin?
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because that doesn't help boost public opinion of a failed agency


What isn't skimmed will probably be donated for use by homeless clinics and stuff, that is a plus at least.
 
They have 2 sites here where I am at,and we drove by to see and it's fucking cops around the drop off places and they already told us in the local paper where they were going to take it and incinirate"burn" the pills ,but the DEA fucks are going to be hauling them to the incinerator site...lol...at least the ones they don't stuff in their pockets or bags...lol fucking DEA swine will probably keep the good shit and burn the crappy pills as a show...wish it was the local cops that were doing the taking of the pills to the incenarator,,lol we could rob those bastards as they would never make it there becasue I know 1/2 of those fucks would be pilled out as hell and the other 1/2 would have a pocket or 2 each fool of the best pills to sell or use with the other pigs...
 
I'm sure the intention behind this is good, but what about all the people who will still be keeping their opiates and benzos around? There should be more of an emphasis on locking meds away. Perhaps an effective lock box should be mass-produced and distributed at a low price.
 
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