{"id":888918,"date":"2026-10-20T14:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888918\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:26:09","slug":"drop-off-your-unwanted-medication-at-spots-around-san-diego-county-on-saturday-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888918\/","title":{"rendered":"Drop off your unwanted medication at spots around San Diego County on Saturday \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

People wanting to dispose of unused and leftover prescription medications will be able to drop them off, no questions asked, at sites throughout San Diego County on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n

The event is part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, coordinated by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with help from local law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

Drop-off locations will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will accept medication in tablet, capsule, liquid and patch form. Syringes and sharps won\u2019t be accepted.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy participating in Take Back Day, you are preventing potentially addictive medications from falling into the wrong hands \u2014 a small step that can save lives,\u201d DEA Administrator Terry Cole said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The event also prevents unwanted medications from being improperly disposed of, such as being flushed down the toilet, which can have negative impacts on the environment and water supply.<\/p>\n

Find a drop-off site near you by visiting deatakeback.com<\/a>. The locations include police and sheriff\u2019s stations, military bases, hospitals and college campuses throughout San Diego County.<\/p>\n

Several other drop-off sites are available year-round, such as pharmacies, hospitals and police departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People wanting to dispose of unused and leftover prescription medications will be able to drop them off, no…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2356,69156,97,2558,983,243,3,7156,2557],"class_list":["post-888918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-health","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-medication","tag-news","tag-san-diego-county","tag-top-stories-sdut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}