Take Back Your Prescription Drugs In Framingham

FRAMINGHAM, MA—The Framingham Police Department, Framingham Board of Health and the Medical Reserve Corps are joining hundreds across the country and taking part in the National Drug Take Back Initiative on Saturday, Oct. 28.

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day "provide the public with an opportunity to prevent prescription pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs.

Bring pills, patches, liquids or ointments for disposal to the Framingha Police Department, 1 William Welch Way (in the department's lobby) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.

According to the announcement, 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, continues the release. 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.

Find the closest prescription drug take-back participant near you here.

Photo via Shutterstock