The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the overwhelmingly successful results of the first national prescription drug take-back initiative. The U.S. public turned in more than 242,000 pounds of prescription drugs for safe and proper disposal. More than 4,000 take-back sites were available in all 50 states. "The Take-Back Campaign was a stunning nationwide success that cleaned out more than 121 tons of pills from America's medicine cabinets, in a crucial step toward reducing the epidemic of prescription drug abuse that is plaguing this nation," DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart said in a statement in October. "Thanks to our state and local law enforcement and community partners—and the public—we not only removed these dangerous drugs from our homes, but also educated countless thousands of concerned citizens about the dangers of drug abuse."
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