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Home Page for Take Back Your Meds. Protect our kids, families and environment. Washington State needs a statewide medicine take-back program.
Take Back Your Meds is a group of organizations demanding a statewide program for the safe return and disposal of left-over medicines.
Recent Events
Federal Bill Removes Barriers for Medicine Take-Back Programs
On September 29, 2010, the U.S. Congress unanimously passed a bill that helps Washington’s communities by removing any barriers to creating a statewide program to safely return and dispose of left-over meds.
DEA National Drug Take-Back Day
The September 25th Drug Take-Back Day was a great success and raised public awareness about the critical importance of getting unneeded medicines out of our homes and safely disposing of them through a medicine take-back program.
Did you miss the Sept. 25th Take-Back Day? See What You Can Do Now
Learn about efforts to create an ongoing statewide take-back program.
What's New
What's needed is a comprehensive program, funded by the pharmaceutical industry, that will not only build on existing efforts to educate the public on what to do with unused prescription drugs, but also offer lots of secure, easily accessed sites to drop them off. Read more...
Improper disposal of prescription medication can lead to poisoning, drug abuse and harm to the environment. To remedy this, the Issaquah Police Department is working with the community to establish a prescription drug disposal program that is easy to use and effective. Read more...
