Framingham Police Taking Back Unwanted RX Drugs Saturday

Framingham Police Department, with the Framingham Board of Health and Medical Reserve Corps, will give the public an opportunity to prevent prescription pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.

Bring your unused, unwanted and expired prescription pills, patches, liquids or ointments for disposal to 1 William Welch Way (inside the police Department lobby) on Saturday, Sept. 26 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The service is free and anonymous. No questions will be asked.

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.

In 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.