Drug Take Back Event - April 30

Help keep prescription drugs out of reach for kids in our community.

Dispose of any unneeded medications safely at The Take Back event on Saturday April 30 from 10am - 2pm at several Walgreens locations in Buncombe County.  Please bring unneeded medications to any Walgreens location in Buncombe County to safely dispose of them.

Most abused prescription drugs come from family and friends. You could be a drug dealer without even knowing it.

• Overdose deaths involving prescription medications used to treat pain have increased to almost 17,000 deaths a year in the United States.
• An estimated 493,000 people, age 12 or older used a prescription pain reliever nonmedically for the first time within the past 12 months. This averages to about 1,350 initiates (or first time users) per day.

Please follow these instructions:

• remove identification from all medications.  
• separate pill, liquids and inhalers.  
• use a different disposal paper or plastic bag for each type of medication.
• empty dry pill medications into a bag
• leave liquid medications in their original container and place in a separate bag
• NO radioative medications such as cancer medications, needles or sharpes accepted.

The Partnership for Substance Free Youth of Buncombe County has collected over 2,000 lbs of unneeded medication in just the past year. Let’s keep it going!