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Anyone with unwanted or expired prescription medications in their home is urged to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Pill Take Back Initiative September 25.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Office [BCSO] will accept any prescription pills at the CVS on S. 6th St. in Macclenny between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. Officers will be on hand with secure containers for the drugs, which will be stored locally for pickup and disposal by the federal agency.
“Many Americans are not aware that medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse,” reads the DEA’s website. “Rates of prescription drug abuse in the US are increasing at alarming rates, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.
“Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, many Americans do not know how to properly dispose of their unused medicine, often flushing them down the toilet or throwing them away — both potential safety and health hazards.”
BCSO’s local partners in the initiative include Baker Community Counseling Services, a drug counseling organization, and the nonprofit public health advocacy group Healthy Baker.
For more information about the National Pill Take Back Initiative, call BCSO’s chief investigator Chuck Brannan at (904) 259-0237.

Link to DEA press release.