Drug Take Back Day on Sept. 29

The Mountain Brook Police Department will again participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on September 29. The event offers an opportunity for anyone to safely dispose of unwanted, unused prescription drugs.

Mountain Brook Police Department (8 Office Park Circle) and Mountain Brook Fire Station 2 (3785 Locksley Drive) will act as a drop off location from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

As before, this is a no-questions-asked program. You simply bring the prescription drugs to the drop off locations and empty them into a container. There is no registration, and you are not required to give your name. Our goal is to provide a safe means of disposal for unwanted and unused drugs.

On the April 28 DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, citizens turned in a record-breaking 552,161 pounds (276 tons) of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,659 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states and U.S. territories. When the results of the four Take-Back Days to date are combined, the DEA and its state, local, and tribal law-enforcement and community partners have removed over 1.5 million pounds (774 tons) of medication from circulation.