(MURFREESBORO)  Don't toss or flush medicine that is no longer needed. And certainly, don't leave it around the house for children to find. Do the safe thing, bring it to Ascension St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The hospital is located at 1700 Medical Center Parkway. 

Only solid medications, like pills and capsules, will be accepted. Liquid medicine and medications in needle forms are not accepted. 

The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.

DEA is committed to making our communities safer and healthier, and we can do this by reducing overdoses and overdose deaths. While the community does its part to turn in unneeded medications and remove them from potential harm, we are doing our part to further reduce drug-related violence.

On this webpage are resources to help you dispose of unneeded medications in your home, seek substance abuse treatment and learn more about the drug overdose epidemic in the United States.

Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of prescription drugs.

Again, the DEA Drug Take Back will be from 10:00AM to 2:00PM on Saturday, April 30, 2022. The hospital is located at 1700 Medical Center Parkway.