While there are two set drug takeback events each year, public health officials encourages people to treat every day like a takeback day where people are getting rid of their old and expired prescription drugs properly.
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(EL PASO COUNTY, Colo) — Within the neighborhood parks and typical Saturday activities, there were stands across Southern Colorado set up to collect prescription pills and opioids to prevent drug overdoses and accidental poisoning.
“It gives residents an opportunity to go through their unused or expired prescription drugs they may have accumulated in their homes over the years,” said Jennifer Lang from El Paso County Public Health.
