Bring Unwanted Medicine to Dunwoody Police Headquarters, Saturday

Dunwoody Police holds another Drug Take Back Day, this weekend, and will collect unwanted prescription medications.

The event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at police headquarters, 41 Perimeter Center East, Suite 100.

In the four previous Take-Back events, DEA in conjunction with state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners have collected more than 2 million pounds (1,018 tons) of prescription medications.

The National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of these medications, a police statement said.

Shortly after DEA’s first Take-Back Day event four years ago, Congress passed, and President Obama signed, the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010, which amended the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), allowing DEA to develop permanent, ongoing, and responsible methods for disposal.

Prior to the passage of the Disposal Act, the CSA provided no legal means for transferring possession of controlled substance medications from users to other individuals for disposal.