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SUMMARY:Prescription Drug Take Back
DESCRIPTION:ROLLING MEADOWS POLICE TAKING BACK UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS\n\nAPRIL 27\, 2013\n\n10:00am - 2:00 pm\n\nTHE ROLLING MEADOWS POLICE STATION\n\n3600 Kirchoff Road\n\nRolling Meadows\, IL 60008\n\n\n\nOn April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Rolling Meadows Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired\, unused\, and unwanted prescription drugs.  Bring your medications for disposal to the Rolling Meadows Police Station at 3600 Kirchoff Road in Rolling Meadows.  The service is free and anonymous\, no questions asked.\n\n \n\nLast September\, Americans turned in 244 tons of prescription drugs at over 5\,200 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.  In its five previous Take Back events\, DEA and its partners took in over 2 million pounds over a thousand tons of pills. \n\n\n\nThis 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. 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.\n\n\n\nFour days after the first event\, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010\, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an "ultimate user" of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.  The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents' controlled substances in certain instances.  DEA is drafting regulations to implement the Act.  Until new regulations are in place\, local law enforcement agencies like [agency] and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug take-back events every few months.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:20px\;">ROLLING MEADOWS POLICE TAKING BACK UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;">APRIL 27\, 2013<br />\n10:00am - 2:00 pm</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;">THE ROLLING MEADOWS POLICE STATION<br />\n3600&nbsp\;Kirchoff Road<br />\nRolling&nbsp\;Meadows\, IL 60008</span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\nOn April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Rolling Meadows Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its sixth opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired\, unused\, and unwanted prescription drugs.&nbsp\; Bring your medications for disposal to the Rolling Meadows Police Station at 3600 Kirchoff Road in Rolling Meadows.&nbsp\; The service is free and anonymous\, no questions asked.<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nLast September\, Americans turned in 244 tons of prescription drugs at over 5\,200 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.&nbsp\; In its five previous Take Back events\, DEA and its partners took in over 2 million pounds&mdash\;over a thousand tons&mdash\;of pills.&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nThis initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.&nbsp\; 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.&nbsp\; Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends\, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition\, Americans are now advised that their usual methods for disposing of unused medicines&mdash\;flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash&mdash\;both pose potential safety and health hazards.<br />\n<br />\nFour days after the first event\, Congress passed the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010\, which amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow an &ldquo\;ultimate user&rdquo\; of controlled substance medications to dispose of them by delivering them to entities authorized by the Attorney General to accept them.&nbsp\; The Act also allows the Attorney General to authorize long term care facilities to dispose of their residents&rsquo\; controlled substances in certain instances.&nbsp\; DEA is drafting regulations to implement the Act.&nbsp\; Until new regulations are in place\, local law enforcement agencies like [agency] and the DEA will continue to hold prescription drug take-back events every few months.<br />\n
LOCATION:THE ROLLING MEADOWS POLICE STATION 3600 Kirchoff Road Rolling Meadows\, IL 60008
UID:e.19.1914
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DTSTAMP:20260428T205610Z
URL:https://business.rmchamber.org/events/details/prescription-drug-take-back-04-27-2013-1914
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