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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set For October 27
Operation Medicine Cabinet Is Back
The U. S. Drug Enforce- ment Administration is teaming up with law enforce- ment agencies and the Hills- borough County Anti-Drug Alliance (HCADA) in the Tampa Bay area on Satur- day, October 27, 2018, for Prescription Drug Take-Back
Day.
National Prescription
Drug Take-Back Day gives people the opportunity to clean out their medicine cab- inets and dispose of any un- used or expired prescription drugs safely and anony- mously in an effort to pre- vent drug addiction and overdose deaths.
It’s crucial to be aware of
the dangers of keeping these old pills, particularly nar- cotic painkillers such as Oxy- Contin, Percocet, and Vicodin.
The 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health showed that nearly 19 mil- lion Americans, ages 12 or older, had abused or misused prescription drugs in the past year.
There are several collec- tion sites throughout the Tampa Bay area:
2 Locations sponsored by
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office - CVS, 2109 State Road 60, Valrico, FL 33594; Walgreens, 8398 Sheldon Road, Tampa, FL 33615
2 Locations sponsored by
Tampa Police Depart- ment - Winn Dixie, 2525 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33607; CVS, 2502 W Hills- borough Ave., Tampa, FL 33614
1 Location Sponsored by
Plant City Police Depart- ment - CVS, 2302 James L Redman Parkway, Plant City, FL 33563
1 Location Sponsored by
USF Police Department -
USF Morsani Center, 13330 Laurel Drive, Tampa, FL 33612
This time around there is a new partnership with the Big Red Bus. All of the sites will have red boxes on hand to collect any needles brought in, and the Big Red Bus will be at the Sheldon drop-off site. They will also provide donors with mini physicals, blood typing, cho- lesterol screenings and infec- tious disease screenings. HCADA will also have volun- teers and substance abuse prevention educational ma- terials at each site.
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