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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
According to the DEA, 2,500 teens experiment with drugs by taken from the medicine cabinet. Some of these experiments lead to a life-long addiction. The DEA, recognizing the great need for households to rid their homes of unwanted medicines is sponsoring a one-day take-back day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 25th. Read more... Read more...
DEA one-day take back in response to increased crime related to medicines in people's homes and accidental deaths from medicines. Read more...
