Drug Take-Back Day
CLEVELAND CLINIC AND THE DEA SPONSOR
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY
Consumers Can Drop Off Unused or Expired Medications
Cleveland – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and other local law enforcement agencies, is sponsoring a National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Saturday, April 30, to enable the public to safely dispose of unused or expired medications and narcotics with no questions asked.
Drive through drop-off sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations:
- Medina Hospital, 1000 E. Washington Street, Medina
- South Pointe Hospital, 20000 Harvard Rd, Warrensville Heights (use Harvard Road entrance)
- Euclid Hospital, 18901 Lakeshore Boulevard, Euclid (behind the hospital, past the Emergency Dept entrance)
- Solon Family Health Center, 29800 Bainbridge Road, Solon
- Chagrin Falls Family Health Center, 551 East Washington Street, Chagrin Falls
Please remove all prescription labels before arriving. Prescription bottles with labels will be shredded. Inhalers will also be collected, but please no mercury thermometers or aerosol cans. All medications will be collected and held only by law enforcement officers until they are disposed of safely.
This is s completely confidential program -- no questions asked.
Important Facts About Medication Abuse
- Nationally, teenage prescription drug abuse is rapidly increasing and your family’s medicine cabinet could become a teenager’s best supplier.
- Everyday, 2,500 teenagers use prescription drugs to get high for the first time.
- 96% of unintentional poisoning deaths in Ohio are due to drugs and medications.
- Improper disposal, for instance by flushing pills down the toilet, also can pollute the environment.
Drug Take-Back Day
Date and Time
Saturday Apr 30, 2011
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM EDT
Saturday, April 30th
10 AM - 2 PM
Location
See article for locations
