Carol Cruickshank
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11:16:16 am on September 15, 2010 | # |
On September 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Lincoln Police Department, Walgreens and the School Community Intervention Program (SCIP) of Lincoln Medical Education Partnership are partnering in the first ever nationwide prescription drug take-back, operating collection sites in Lincoln where the public can turn in their unused, unneeded, expired prescription medications.
Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose, and abuse. This service is free and anonymous. Tablets, capsules, and all other solid dosage forms will be collected. Intravenous solutions, injectibles, and syringes will not be accepted.
Lincoln Collection Sites will be at the following Walgreens locations:
– 13th & O Streets
– 5701 Village Drive (40th & Old Cheney)
– 1404 Superior
– 8300 Northern Lights (84th & Holdrege)
Did you know…
According to the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the non-medical use of prescription drugs ranks second only to marijuana as the most prevalent category of drug abuse in the United States.
The 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health notes that more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined.
The 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey data show that one in ten 12th graders used the pharmaceutical narcotic Vicodin for non-medical purposes.
The 2008 Partnership Attitude Tracking Survey showed that the majority of teenagers using prescription drugs got them from family and friends, including from their home medicine cabinets.