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SUMMARY:National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, April 29\, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.\, the Garden Grove Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will participate in the National Drug Take Back Initiative\, giving the public its 13th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired\, unused\, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to the Garden Grove Police Department\, located at 11301 Acacia Parkway\, Garden Grove 92842. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps\, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous\, no questions asked.\n\nLast October\, Americans turned in 366 tons (over 730\,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at nearly 5\,200 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4\,000 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall\, in its 12 previous Take Back events\, DEA and its partners have taken in over 7.1 million pounds\, or about 3\,500 tons\, of pills.\n\nThis initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion\, misuse\, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high\, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends\, including from the home medicine cabinet.\n\nIn addition\, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash both pose potential safety and health hazards.\n\nFor more information about the disposal of prescription drugs\, or about the April 29 Take Back event\, go to the DEA Diversion website.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 15px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">On Saturday\, April 29\, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.\, the Garden Grove Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will participate in the National Drug Take Back Initiative\, giving the public its 13th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired\, unused\, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring your pills for disposal to the Garden Grove Police Department\, located at 11301 Acacia Parkway\, Garden Grove 92842. (The DEA cannot accept liquids or needles or sharps\, only pills or patches.) The service is free and anonymous\, no questions asked.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 15px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">Last October\, Americans turned in 366 tons (over 730\,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at nearly 5\,200 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4\,000 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Overall\, in its 12 previous Take Back events\, DEA and its partners have taken in over 7.1 million pounds\, or about 3\,500 tons\, of pills.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 15px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion\, misuse\, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high\, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends\, including from the home medicine cabinet.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 15px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">In addition\, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines&mdash\;flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash&mdash\;both pose potential safety and health hazards.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px 0px 15px\; color: rgb(102\, 102\, 102)\; font-family: &quot\;Open Sans&quot\;\, sans-serif\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs\, or about the April 29 Take Back event\, go to the&nbsp\;</span><a href="https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; background: transparent\; color: rgb(15\, 161\, 213)\; text-decoration-line: none\;"><span style="color:#000000\;">DEA Diversion website</span></a><span style="color:#000000\;">.</span></p>\n
LOCATION:Garden Grove Police Department Lobby 11301 Acacia Parkway Garden Grove\, CA 92842
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DTSTAMP:20260420T044125Z
URL:http://business.gardengrovechamber.com/events/details/national-prescription-drug-take-back-day-6147
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