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Home > A Tu Salud > Parkland hosts National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27
Posted: 4/22/2019
Event provides opportunity for proper disposal of medications
Expired, unused and unwanted medications in our homes can end up in the wrong hands or can leach into soil and water. In an effort to prevent accidents and improper disposal of potentially harmful substances, twice a year Parkland Health & Hospital System and the Dallas County Hospital District Police Department participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
“Our main goal is to help prevent accidental poisonings, misuse and overdoses by offering convenient places throughout the community for people to drop off medications that are expired or are no longer needed,” said Miranda Skaaning, Parkland Sustainability Manager.
This year’s first National Drug Take Back Day event will take place from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday, April 27 at Parkland’s Ron J. Anderson, MD Clinic, 5184 Tex Oak Ave., Dallas 75235 and Parkland’s Garland Health Center, 802 Hopkins St., Garland 75040. The event is free and open to the public.
“Medicines in the home are a leading cause of accidental poisonings in the U.S. and, simply throwing these substances in the trash or flushing them down the drain can result in harm to the environment,” Cristina Thomas, NTPC public health education manager. “That's why it’s important for folks to clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in medications safely.”
Skaaning agreed and added, “Proper disposal of medications is important to prevent contamination of our soil and water that could affect the health of not only humans, but other species, which can then impact people.”
During the event medications can be turned in anonymously. Community members can drive into the parking lot, hand the medications to a law enforcement officer and drive away with no questions asked.
For more information about the proper way to dispose of prescription and over-the-counter medications, contact the poison experts at the North Texas Poison Center at Parkland, 1-800-222-1222 or visit www.poisoncontrol.org.