{"id":891520,"date":"2026-10-23T03:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891520\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T03:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T03:32:12","slug":"dea-drug-take-back-day-set-for-saturday-to-promote-safe-medication-disposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/891520\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA Drug Take Back Day set for Saturday to promote safe medication disposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbc.com\/news-team\/f782d81f-5aef-4fa0-804a-5c2f4d48fcaf\" aria-label=\"Alan Shope profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792726332_567_f782d81f-5aef-4fa0-804a-5c2f4d48fcaf_1552960146.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Alan Shope\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">The DEA&#8217;s National Drug Take Back event his Saturday offers a safe way to dispose of expired or used medications.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Over 500 drop-off locations are available across the Kansas City metro area. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Irina Butler, executive director of the Pharmaceutical Product Stewardship Work Group, stressed the importance of checking expiration dates and proper storage of medications.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">\u201cWe always want to make sure that we check the expiration dates,&#8221; said Irina Butler, executive director of PPSWG. &#8220;We want to make sure that the medicines in our medicine cabinets or wherever we are stored appropriately.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Butler also touched on the importance of keeping medications out of reach to protect children, pets, and others in the home.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">\u201cThey&#8217;re not easy to get to, right? So our kids, our pets, and others in the home are safe,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Many drop-off locations, including one at the Mission Police Department, will be open on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The police department emphasized that old medications should not be flushed down the toilet, and the event serves as a reminder of proper disposal practices.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">The event, held twice a year, aims to collect as much expired medication as possible.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">\u201c[It] combats drug abuse, drug diversion, and accidental ingestion,\u201d Butler said.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">For those unable to participate this weekend, Butler noted that websites like MyOldMeds.com can help identify drop-off locations that are open year-round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The DEA&#8217;s National Drug Take Back event his Saturday offers a safe way to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[54639,373770,3464,70214,373768,238214,373764,373769,2605,3727,6101,75879,373762,97,2976,97120,373767,4412,6946,243,5970,686,19236,6747,373766,23476,3043,8385,52340,18787,247,99672,52979,1583,373765,5200,45433,6562,373771,2785,6318,33421,373761,373763,39226],"class_list":["post-891520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-54639","tag-back-day-set","tag-collection","tag-dea","tag-dea-drug","tag-disposal","tag-drop-offs","tag-drop-off-location","tag-drugs","tag-event","tag-executive-director","tag-expiration-date","tag-expired","tag-health","tag-home","tag-importance","tag-irina-butler","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-medication","tag-medications","tag-medicine","tag-mission","tag-missouri","tag-my-old-meds","tag-october","tag-opioids","tag-other","tag-overdose","tag-pet","tag-pharmaceuticals","tag-pharmacies","tag-poisoning","tag-police","tag-ppswg","tag-prescriptions","tag-prevention","tag-recycling","tag-safe-medication-disposal","tag-safety","tag-saturday","tag-storage","tag-takeback","tag-unused","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891520","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=891520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}