The Drug Enforcement Administration is encouraging Coloradans to make “Every Day Take Back Day” for unneeded and unwanted medications. They hope everyone uses the year-round collection sites. There are more than 100 in the Denver metro area.
The DEA has worked with state and local law enforcement to host the National Prescription Drug Take Back Days each year to help get rid of unwanted and unneeded medications. Last year, the DEA collected more than 1.2 million pounds of unneeded medications at more than 4,600 sites nationwide.
“We’ve done drug take back days for more than a decade, but now there’s no need to wait for one or two designated days a year,” said DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge David Olesky in a statement. “In 2023 alone, our Division collected nearly 44,000 pounds of unwanted or unneeded medications across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana.”