Saturday, April 26, 2014 citizens turned in 544 pounds of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal to the Leon Valley Police Department.

 

Take-Back Days provide a way for patients, caregivers, and pet owners to dispose of such controlled substance (CS) medications such as painkillers, sedatives, tranquilizers, and stimulants like ADHD drugs. People were flushing their old meds down the toilet or throwing them in the trash, but in recent years medicines have been found in the nation's water supplies, and medications were being retrieved from the trash by those who would abuse or sell them. 

 

To give people a more environmentally responsible and secure way to dispose of their meds, DEA launched its first Take-Back event in September 2010.