Health & Fitness
This Saturday: Kaiser Permanente Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs at Walnut Creek Medical Center
Effort is part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
Kaiser Permanente in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration is encouraging residents to participate in “National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.”
WHAT:
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
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The prescription drug take-back program provides communities with an opportunity to safely and easily dispose of expired, unwanted, or unused medicines.
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WHEN:
Saturday April 26, 2014
10am – 2pm
WHERE:
Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center
4501 Sand Creek RoadAntioch, CA, 94531
(Drop off will be in front of hospital main entrance; look for canopy)Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center
1455 South California Blvd.
(Follow the signs on South California at Newell, near the parking structure, across from Pet Food Express and gas station)
Kaiser Permanente’s Antioch and Walnut Creek Medical Centers are two of many Kaiser Permanente hospitals throughout Northern California that will serve as collection sites on April 26th for the disposal of expired, unwanted and unused medicines. The service is free, easy and anonymous.
If residents are unable to participate on April 26th, 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 October, Americans turned in 647,211 pounds (324 tons) of unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were operated by the DEA and its thousands of state and local law enforcement partners.
