National Take Back Day-April 26
The DuPage County Health Department is encouraging residents to drop off their unwanted medications at any of the 12 DuPage County RxBOX collection sites on Saturday, April 26, which is "National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day" throughout the United States.
This national initiative is sponsored by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and local law enforcement agencies to reduce the number of teenagers that abuse prescription drugs. Studies show that every day approximately 2,500 teens get high for the first time on prescription drugs. A majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the home medicine cabinet.
RxBOX is a free service offered to DuPage County residents by the DuPage County Health Department, in partnership with a dozen municipal and county law enforcement agencies. This program seeks to help residents safely remove unwanted medications from homes, as well as contribute to improving the environment.
Launched by the Health Department in 2009, the RxBOX program collects medications that otherwise might have been flushed down the drain or placed in the garbage. The materials are removed periodically from the RxBOX locations and safely incinerated by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency using state-of-the-art technology.
Residents who are clearing out their medicine cabinets can dispose of their old medications at any of the following RxBOX locations:
•Addison Police Department, 3 Friendship Plaza, Addison, IL 60101
•Bloomingdale Police Department, 201 S. Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, IL 60108
•Burr Ridge Police Department, 7660 S. County Line Rd # 1, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
•Carol Stream Police Department, 500 N. Gary Avenue, Carol Stream, IL 60188
•DuPage County Sheriff, 501 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187
•Glendale Heights Police Department, 300 Civic Plaza, Glendale Heights, IL 60139
•Lemont Police Department, 416 Main Street, Lemont, IL 60439
•Lisle Police Department, 5040 Lincoln Avenue, Lisle, IL 60532
•Oak Brook Police Department, 1200 Oak Brook Road, Oak Brook, IL 60521
•Schaumburg Police Department, 1000 W. Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL 60194
•Wheaton Police Department. 900 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton, IL 60187
•Wood Dale Police Department, 404 N. Wood Dale Road, Wood Dale, IL 60191
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