{"id":894244,"date":"2026-10-25T15:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/894244\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T15:12:13","slug":"mission-health-hospitals-collect-289-pounds-in-crush-the-crisis-drug-take-back-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/894244\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Health hospitals collect 289 pounds in ‘Crush the Crisis’ drug take-back day"},"content":{"rendered":"

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 One simple step. For some local hospitals – that makes a big difference in keeping dangerous medications out of the wrong hands.<\/p>\n

All six Mission Health hospitals across western North Carolina participated in the annual \u201cCrush the Crisis\u201d prescription drug take back event today.<\/p>\n

The initiative gave residents a safe and anonymous way to get rid of unused or expired medications, while raising awareness about prescription drug misuse.<\/p>\n

“We have locations all throughout the U.S., our goal is just to help get prescription medication primarily opioids and high addictive substances out of peoples home that are not in use anymore,” said Emily Wright, who was helping with the event.<\/p>\n

2025: MISSION HEALTH HOSPITALS COLLECT OVER 300 POUNDS OF MEDS DURING ‘CRUSH THE CRISIS’ EVENT<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OCT.<\/p>\n

OCT. 24, 2026 – “Crush the Crisis” gave residents a safe and anonymous way to get rid of unused or expired medications. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff)<\/p>\n

HCA HEALTHCARE TO INVEST $32M+ IN FACILITIES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA<\/a><\/p>\n

Mission Health provided the total amount of medication disposed of today at all six Mission Health hospitals and the grand total:<\/p>\n

Mission Hospital: 103 poundsMission Hospital McDowell: 30 poundsBlue Ridge Regional Hospital: 65 poundsTransylvania Regional Hospital: 22 poundsAngel Medical Center: 50 poundsHighlands-Cashiers Hospital: 19 pounds<\/p>\n

The HCA Healthcare North Carolina Division total came out to 289 pounds.<\/p>\n

The event was part of a nationwide effort by HCA Healthcare, which has helped safely dispose of more than 108,000 pounds of medication since 2019, according to a Mission Health press release.<\/p>\n

Organizers say proper disposal can help prevent accidental poisonings, misuse and theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 One simple step. For some local hospitals – that makes a big difference in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":894245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[97,243],"class_list":["post-894244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-health","tag-medication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894244","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=894244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}