By Larry K. Houck —
Eric Idle, as a body collector, immortalized the phrase, “Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!” in the 1975 comedy classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) would do well to update that phrase as “Bring out your meds! Bring out your meds!” to call attention to the 26th National Prescription Take Back Day.
Unwanted and expired controlled prescription medication languishing in medicine cabinets are susceptible to theft, misuse and abuse. DEA and its law enforcement partners will once again host local drop-off locations nationwide for safe disposal of unneeded medication on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. local time.
DEA holds the popular take back event each spring and autumn. Last April’s Take Back Day collected over 670,000 pounds of unneeded medication at 4,900 collection sites nationwide. DEA has collected over 18.5 million pounds of medication since 2010. More information about National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, including disposal locations, can be found here. DEA’s Diversion website also lists permanent year-round disposal locations and other information about drug disposal.
So, in imagined updated Monty Pythonian phrase: “Bring out your meds! Bring out your meds!”
