Twice a year the Town of Columbine Valley participates in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and hosts a collection point at the Town Hall. The day is designed to significantly reduce the number of prescription drugs in American homes that are either no longer needed or outdated/expired. These same drugs unfortunately have become the target of theft and misuse, oftentimes by people who have access to the residence.
Prescription drug misuse and abuse is a serious problem: Each year, overdose deaths from opioid painkillers alone number around 300 in Colorado. Such deaths are now more common than alcohol-related traffic fatalities. Of concern is that America’s 12- to 17-year-olds have made prescription drugs the number one substance of abuse for their age group, and much of that supply is unwittingly coming from the medicine cabinets of their parents, grandparents and friends.
More and more adults recognize the need to remove these substances from the home, and legally and safely turn them over to law enforcement for proper chain of custody and court-ordered destruction. Medications should never be disposed of in your water evacuation systems or given to others for whom the medication was not intended.
Please help us keep Columbine Valley safe from this scourge as drug use does not discriminate by age, race, socioeconomic status or education level.
Fall 2023 Prescription Drug Take-Back Event
- Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023
- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Town Hall