DEA: Hand Over Your Drugs

Agency collecting expired, unwanted meds Saturday
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 20, 2010 1:10 PM CDT
DEA: Hand Over Your Drugs
The DEA wants your drugs.   (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

You know that 6-year-old bottle of antibiotics sitting in your medicine cabinet left over from that really bad case of strep throat? The DEA wants it. No, really. This Saturday, it's offering Americans a chance to safely dump their expired or unwanted prescription meds in what it's calling a "collaborative effort to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets," reports Fast Company. To find a location near you, click here. (More DEA stories.)

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