Published: Updated date: Tue, 08/30/2016 - 11:00am
The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications.
NTBI-XII is scheduled to occur at a location near you on SATURDAY, October 22, 2016, FROM 10 AM - 2 PM!
If you are a law enforcement agency who would like to participate, please email the following information to denverdiversion.NTBI@usdoj.gov.
- Your Agency Name &, Address,
- Your full name, title, direct phone number and email address,
- The number of sites you will host,
- Street address of the location where your take back sites will occur &, any special instructions,
We will supply BAGS for your collections - no boxes -and all posters and bags will be MAILED directly to your agency point of contact roughly 10 days prior to the event.
- ONLY law enforcement agencies can register to host a take back location,
- The Agency MUST staff the location on event day and take possession of all drugs surrendered,
- The Agency MUST keep the drugs in their possession until they are turned over to DEA for disposal,
- You MAY utilize other community resources, in fact, we encourage you to do so! Let them help you advertise and set up information tables at the take back location!
- Our website, www.DEA.GOV, has a Partnership Toolbox from which you can download and print posters and handouts,
- We encourage you to reach out to group homes, senior communities, and long term care facilities in your communities to assist them in participating with the Take Back program.
- The DEA Denver Division Office in Centennial, Colorado, will be accept sealed containers (bags or boxes if you provide your own boxes) from metro-area law enforcement agencies from 2-4:30 pm on October 22nd.
The DEA Denver Division Office invites you to join us once again for this HUGE community service project! Because of you and our State -level supporters, communities now put this event on their calendars and encourage their citizens to take part in! It gives households a boost to clean out their medicine cabinets and get rid of unused, un-needed, and expired medications that otherwise could fall into the hands of a child or be diverted . We're all aware of the headlines surrounding the prescription drug epidemic. This is a good way to help out our communities.