Thousands of people from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in – safely and anonymously – a record amount of prescription drugs during Drug Take Back Day, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Locations in our area will be holding Drug Take Back Day events on Saturday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Residents can rid their homes of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Accepted during Drug Take Back Day, and throughout the year at permanent MedReturn boxes, are prescription and over-the-counter tablets and capsules, inhalers, creams, ointments, nasal sprays, pet medicines and vaping products.

Here is a list of some locations holding Drug Take Back Day events:

Lehigh and Northampton counties

Emmaus Police Department – 400 W Jubilee St, Emmaus, PA 18049South Whitehall Police Department – 4444 Walbert Ave, Allentown, PA 18104Allentown Police Department at Wegmans – 3900 Tilghman St, Allentown, PA 18104Allentown Police Department at GIANT – 3015 W Emaus Ave, Allentown, PA 18103Salisbury Township Police Department – 3000 S Pike Ave, Allentown, PA 18103Upper Perk Police Department – 88 W 6th St, Pennsburg, PA 18073City of Bethlehem Police Department at GIANT – 2174 W Union Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18018Colonial Regional Police Department at Wegmans – 5000 Wegmans Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18017Fountain Hill Police Department – 941 Long St, Fountain Hill, PA 18015New Hanover Police Department – 2373 Hoffmansville Rd, Perkiomenville, PA 18074Colonial Regional Police Department at Wegmans – 3791 Nazareth Rd, Easton, PA 18045Colonial Regional Police Department at Giant – 859 Nazareth Pike, Nazareth, PA 18064

Montgomery County

Douglass Township Police Department – 1456 E Philadelphia Ave, Gilbertsville, PA 19525Marlborough Township Police Department – 6040 Upper Ridge Rd, Green Lane, PA 18054Limerick Township Police Department – 229 California Rd, Quakertown, PA 18951Upper Pottsgrove Police Department – 180 Upland Square Dr, Pottstown, PA 19464

Bucks County

Quakertown Police Department at St. Luke’s Hospital Upper Bucks Campus – 35 N 3rd St, Quakertown, PA 18951Richland Township Police Department – 229 California Rd, Quakertown, PA 18951Springfield Township Police Department at elementary school – 229 California Rd, Quakertown, PA 18951Telford Borough Police Department at Indian Valley Public Library – 100 Penn Ave, Telford, PA 18969Pennridge Police Department – 200 Ridge Rd, Sellersville, PA 18960

Western New Jersey (Hunterdon and Warren counties)

Holland Township Police Department – 61 Church Rd, Milford, NJ 08848Pohatcong Township Police Department at Walmart – 1300 US-22, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865