Ag Community Encouraged To Turn In Unused Perception Drugs This Weekend

If you have unused or expired prescription pain killers in your medicine cabinet,  you may have to some day take responsibility for someone, even yourself, abusing those drugs, becoming addicted, or even dying.

"Among abusers of pain relievers, 68% obtained those pills from a friend or relative for free,” said Nancy Hale, president of Operation Unite, a group fighting the drug crisis in Eastern Kentucky.  She told an audience at the Agriculture Department in Washington D.C. that drug abuse often begins at home, with old pain killers.

"That's why it's imperative that people have a way to dispose of unwanted pain medications safely, and without harming the environment."

Saturday, April 28th is National Prescription Drug Take-back Day.  There will be more than 5,000 sites set up across the country where you can take all of those unused, out-of-date medicines.​  Click Here to find a local near you.

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