{"id":212,"date":"2012-09-30T11:20:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T18:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=212"},"modified":"2013-03-12T13:51:55","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T20:51:55","slug":"yakima-site-part-of-successful-prescription-drug-take-back-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/yakima-site-part-of-successful-prescription-drug-take-back-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Yakima Site Part of Successful Prescription Drug Take-Back Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> Community Relations Manager Randy Beehler \u2013 901-1142 \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:randy.beehler@yakimawa.gov\">randy.beehler@yakimawa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All across the U.S., people with outdated, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs got rid of them on Saturday, September 29<sup>th<\/sup> during the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s (\u201cDEA\u201d) fifth \u201cNational Prescription Drug Take-Back Day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>People dropped off old prescription drugs at a Yakima drop-off site located in the parking lot at 207 South 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Street across from the Richard A. Zais, Jr. Center for Law and Justice.\u00a0 The drugs were then disposed of free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA conducted its first National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in 2010.\u00a0 Since then, participation in the event has consistently grown.\u00a0 In total, almost 774 tons of prescription drugs have been turned in through the program.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA began the Take-Back Day program in order to curb the misuse of prescription drugs \u2013 a growing problem in the U.S.\u00a0 More Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the combined number of those who use cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin.<\/p>\n<p>The Take-Back Day program also helps reduce the number of prescription drugs that are improperly disposed of by being flushed down the toilet or thrown out with the trash.\u00a0 Prescription drugs that end up in the sewer system or landfills can result in contamination of both groundwater and surface water supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving people bring prescription drugs that they are not using to a Take-Back Day drop-off site is a much better alternative to getting rid of them any other way,\u201d said City of Yakima Wastewater Pretreatment Supervisor Arlene Carter.\u00a0 \u201cThe drop-off sites provide a free, anonymous, no questions asked option to dispose of old pills and medicines safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, check out the DEA\u2019s website &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/drug_disposal\/takeback\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/drug_disposal\/takeback\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Prescription-Drug-Take-Back-Day-FU-9-30-12.pdf\">Yakima Site Part of Successful Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact: Community Relations Manager Randy Beehler \u2013 901-1142 \u2013 randy.beehler@yakimawa.gov All across the U.S., people with outdated, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs got rid of them on Saturday, September 29th during the Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s (\u201cDEA\u201d) fifth \u201cNational Prescription Drug Take-Back Day\u201d. 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