Final DEA-Sponsored Take-back Event is TOMORROW

Tomorrow is the DEA's ninth (and final) drug-take-back day. Tyler Police will collect your leftover prescriptions at the CVS on Broadway and 5th from 10 am to 2 pm. UT Tyler's Police will also operate a box at the campus police station on Varsity Drive.

Common methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—both pose potential safety and health hazards. Prescription drugs should be taken to a local police station or pharmacy to be properly disposed of.

Prescription drugs pose a serious problem; In 2012, 6.8 million American reported abusing prescription drugs (National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2013), and drug overdoses kill more Americans than firearms or motor vehicle accidents. Prescription drug abuse is the second most prevalent illicit drug problem in the U.S.  The survey also reveals that more than 13 million people, aged 12 or older, are current non-medical users of prescription drugs.