This Saturday: National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Kaiser Permanente, in partnership with local law enforcement and the Drug Enforcement Administration, is encouraging residents to participate in “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day."

WHAT:         National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

The prescription drug take-back program provides communities with an opportunity to safely and easily dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medicines.

WHEN:        Saturday October 26

                    10am – 2pm

WHERE:       Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center

                    975 Sereno Drive in Vallejo

                    (Follow the signs to the drive-thru drop off)

Kaiser Permanente’s Vallejo Medical Center is one of many Kaiser Permanente hospitals throughout Northern California that will serve as a collection site on October 26th for the disposal of expired, unwanted, and unused medicines. The service is free, easy, and anonymous.

If residents are unable to participate on October 26, they can also purchase “mail back,” postage-paid envelopes available at Kaiser Permanente and many other pharmacies.   

For more information about “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day” or for a list of additional collection sites, please visit www.dea.gov. Information about medication safety is also available on the DEA website or at kp.org.

Last April, Americans turned in 371 tons (over 742,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at over 5,800 sites operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.