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A daylong, nationwide effort to get people to turn in old or unwanted prescription drugs collected more than 121 tons of unused medicine. With prescription drug abuse on the rise, the goal was to keep the drugs from falling into the hands of abusers and criminals. Read more...
Over 730 pounds of unwanted and expires medicines were collected in Snohomish County during DEA's one-day medicine take-back event. Read more...
In a four-hour take-back last Saturday (Sept. 25), Seattle Police Department collect 435 pounds of medicines. Read more...
Many residents in Puyallup, Kent and in other Washington communities safely returned their unwanted, expired prescription and over-the-counter medicines on Saturday's DEA take-back day. These efforts keep unwanted medicines away from our teens and children, out of our homes and out of the environment. Read more...