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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force supported the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day with the goal of removing old, unused, and potentially dangerous prescription drugs from home medicine cabinets Saturday, April 30, 2011.
The California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) hosted the event at its downtown Sacramento, Ca. location in cooperation with the Counterdrug Task Force and the Department of Justice, the law enforcement agency tasked with cataloging and transporting 10 large boxes of disposed pharmaceuticals to the DEA. More than 5,300 sites nationwide joined the effort to prevent pill abuse and theft.
“The goal is to provide a safe, easy way for community members to drop-off their unused medications and prevent them from either being diverted and abused or disposed of improperly,” said Dawn Benton, executive vice president and CEO for CSHP.
Several volunteer student pharmacists were on-hand to support the event and provide information to customers and staff. Dozens of community members showed up to drop off old medication totaling more than 100 pounds.
This event was an opportunity for multiple organizations to come together in a collaborative effort to combat the continuing prescription drug problem throughout the state.
| Date Taken: | 04.30.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 09.09.2014 16:04 |
| Story ID: | 141604 |
| Location: | SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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