Dispose of any unneeded medications safely at The Take Back event on Saturday, April 25 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at all six Walgreens locations in Buncombe County.
Please bring unneeded medications to any Walgreens location in Buncombe County to safely dispose of them.
Most abused prescription drugs come from family and friends. You could be a drug dealer without even knowing it.
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- As of 2012, overdose deaths involving prescription medications used to treat pain, have increased to almost 17,000 deaths a year in the United States.
- In 2012, an estimated 493,000 people, age 12 or older used a prescription pain reliever nonmedically for the first time within the past 12 months. This averages to about 1,350 initiates (or first time users) per day.
The Partnership for Substance Free Youth of Buncombe County has collected over 2,000 lbs of unneeded medication in just the past year. Let’s keep it going!