Prescription Drug Take-Back Set for Saturday

Get rid of you unused or unwanted prescription medications this weekend during National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. 

Richland and Lexington county residents can drop off their meds between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at several locations thanks to partnerships between local law enforcement, community groups and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. 

Here are the closest collection locations for Irmo residents: 

This is the sixth year the DEA has held the Prescription Drug Take Back Day in an effort to prevent drug abuse and theft. During the five previous drug take-back days, Americans turned in more than 2 million pounds in prescription medications, according to a DEA press release.

“The growing response to DEA’s National Take Back Day events demonstrates that the public understands, and wants to help combat, the epidemic of prescription drug abuse in America,"  said DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart. "They recognize the need to rid their homes of dangerous controlled substance medications that teens and others steal, abuse, and sell."

For more information, visit the DEA website.