\t\tReading Time: 2 minutes<\/p>\n
The San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office is urging people to check their homes and collect unused or expired prescription medications and turn them in on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.<\/p>\n
People can anonymously drop medication off at one of nine Sheriff\u2019s locations, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and help prevent misuse, accidental poisoning and the risk of medications ending up in the wrong hands.\u00a0\u00a0No sharps or needles will be accepted. Other drop-off locations are available around the county.<\/p>\n
Prescription drugs can include pills containing opioids like oxycodone, antibiotics,\u00a0and other medicines which can be dangerous if they end up in illegal markets.<\/p>\n
In 2024, 541\u202fpeople died from opioid overdoses in San Diego County as can be referenced in an Overdose Surveillance Dashboard<\/a> that pulls together data from across the county.<\/p>\n The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has a\u00a0list of 31\u00a0<\/a>locations\u00a0around the county that are open this Saturday to drop off unwanted prescription medications including the following San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Offices:<\/p>\n Alpine Sheriff\u2019s Station \u2013 2751 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine San Diego County offers more than 200 disposal locations open year-round. Check the DEA\u2019s\u00a0Every Day is Take Back Day<\/a>\u00a0website or\u00a0County interactive map<\/a>\u00a0to find a disposal site near you.<\/p>\n Medications can\u2019t just be thrown out or flushed; you need to dispose of them safely and responsibly so they don\u2019t pollute streams or other bodies of water or get picked out of your trash.<\/p>\n Substance use treatment resources and support services are available by calling the local San Diego Access and Crisis Line\u202fat 888-724-7240 or 988.<\/p>\n These resources are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and can provide help in over 150 languages.<\/p>\n In April of this year, the DEA held a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and collected 310 tons of medications around the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: 2 minutes The San Diego County Sheriff\u2019s Office is urging people to check their homes and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[102,6591,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-221796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEncinitas Scripps Hospital \u2013 354 Santa Fe Drive, Encinitas
\nFallbrook Sheriff\u2019s Substation, 388 East Alvarado St., Fallbrook
\nImperial Beach Sheriff\u2019s Substation \u2013 845 Imperial Beach Boulevard, Imperial Beach
\nLakeside Sheriff\u2019s Substation, 12365 Parkside St., Lakeside
\nRamona Sheriff\u2019s Substation at Albertson\u2019s, 1459 Main St., Ramona
\nRancho San Diego Sheriff\u2019s Station, 11486 Campo Road, Spring Valley
\nSan Marcos Sheriff\u2019s Station \u2013 182 Santar Place, San Marcos
\nValley Center Sheriff\u2019s Substation, 28201 N. Lake Wohlford Road, Valley Center<\/p>\n