Prince William County Announces Drop-Off Sites For National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA - Residents of Prince William County can dispose of expired or unused prescription drugs at three sites in the county on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, April 25. The sites will accept expired or unused prescription drugs, patches and ointments, as well as over-the-counter medications and pet medications. They cannot accept needles or injectables, inhalers, aerosols or illicit drugs.

Take back sites will operate from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the following locations:

• University of Virginia Health Haymarket Medical Center, 15225 Heathcote Blvd., Haymarket, VA.
• UVA Health Prince William Medical Center, 8700 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA.
• Prince William County Police Department, Central District Station, 5036 Davis Ford Road, Woodbridge, VA.

Unwanted prescription drugs can also be dropped off any time at secure kiosks in the county’s Central, Western or Eastern District stations.

The DEA’s Diversion Control Division website also offers a search mechanism to find drop-off areas around the country.

National Drug Take Back Days were established by the US Drug Enforcement Administration in 2010 and occur twice a year, in April and October. According to the DEA, removing unused prescription drugs from houses is crucial to preventing prescription drug misuse, and the initiative has collected more than 20 million pounds of unwanted medications over the past 16 years.

According to the American Public Health Association, across the United States, 40 people die each day because of a prescription drug overdose, with opioid painkillers the most commonly abused prescription medication.