WASHINGTON – Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) encourages Delawareans to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The DEA, along with local government, community, public health and law enforcement officials, will be collecting expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal at more than 5,100 sites nationwide. The event, which is free and anonymous, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 29 collection sites in Delaware.  

The first National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was held on Sept. 25, 2010, to provide a venue for persons who wanted to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. Americans turned in more than 121 tons of prescription drugs, including 303 pounds at Delaware's 14 collection sites. This nationwide effort to remove potentially dangerous prescription drugs from medicine cabinets was instrumental in preventing pill abuse and theft.  

For more information on the National Take Back Initiative, please click here. For a list of collection sites located near you, please click here.  

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