COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Saturday, cities across the country are participating in ‘Drug Takeback Day’, including multiple cities in Southern Colorado.
If you have unused or expired prescription drugs, you can dispose of them properly at one of four drop-off sites.
Without days like the National Take Back Day, leftover drugs can find their way into the wrong hands, like a child, an addict or a pet.
Thousands of people from around the United States are cleaning out their medicine cabinets and anonymously turning in their prescription drugs safely and properly.
If you’re planning on disposing of your expired medicines on Saturday, all you have to do is make sure they’re stored in a sealed bag or container at one of the drop-off sites.
The Colorado Springs Police Department told 11 News that other alternatives for getting rid of medications, such as throwing them away or flushing them down the toilet, can be hazardous to others or the environment.
“We don’t want people flushing it down the toilet because we don’t want to pollute our water supply,” Caitlin Ford with CSPD said, “so finding safe and appropriate ways of disposing of these prescription medications is really important.”
For more information on where the sites will be, click here.
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