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National Drug Take Back Day

October 25, 2019 — The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services (MHARS) Board of Lorain County is supporting Saturday's Drug Take Back Day in a big way, with extended hours at drop-off locations and volunteers providing LockMed pouches and other drug safety resources across the county!

Clean out your medicine cabinet of any potentially harmful or addictive pills.

Find your closest drop-off location.

Volunteers will be at many of these locations on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (even longer hours than the national Take Back events!), with additional resources.

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.

Though police departments and some other locations have secure prescription drug drop boxes all year, by cleaning out your cabinets on National Take Back Day, you show that Lorain County is taking drug safety seriously.