Prescription Drug Take-Back Day to be Held Saturday in Urbandale

Urbandale residents can safely clean out medicine cabinets by taking old or unused prescription drugs to the Urbandale Police Station Saturday.

The Drug Enforcement Administration and local police departments across the country sponsor National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The event allows residents who want to discard unwanted, expired and unused prescription drugs to do so  in an environmentally safe way.

Bring any medications you want to dispose of to the Urbandale Police Station, 3740 86th St., from 8 a.m. to noon. Officers will be on hand to take possession of any unused or expired drugs. The drugs will be safely disposed of at a later time, according to a news release.

Needles or bio-hazard materials will not be accepted.

During a drug take back event in April, people nationwide turned in a record-breaking 552,161 pounds or 276 tons of unwanted or expired medications for disposal at 5,659 take-back sites across the country. More than 1.5 million pounds or 774 tons of medication has been disposed of as a result of the four combined take-back events held to date. 

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National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

When: Saturday, Sept. 29, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where: Medicap Pharmacy, 10 Warrior Lane, Waukee