Affinia Healthcare will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Friday, October 23 at its three pharmacy locations. This comes a day before the official DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day where a variety of law enforcement agencies and healthcare providers will safely collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs. 

Take Back Day has helped Americans to safely rid their homes of unneeded medications for over a decade. This day has helped get rid of medications that are old, unwanted, or expired – medications that too often become a gateway to addiction.  

This day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at close to 5,000 drop-off locations nationwide. Affinia Healthcare will have available drug disposal pouches to destroy pharmaceutical products, helping to keep these drugs out of landfills and access to free naloxone, a medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. 

What: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day 

When: Friday, October 23, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Who: Affinia Healthcare Pharmacy 

Where: 1717 Biddle Street, St. Louis, 63106; 2220 Lemp Avenue, St. Louis, 63104; and 3396 Pershall Road, Ferguson, 63135 

In partnership with local law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed 20 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. 

Collection sites will not accept syringes, sharps, and illicit drugs. Liquid products, such as cough syrup, should remain sealed in their original container. The cap must be tightly sealed to prevent leakage.