(Omaha, NE) – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide.

Drug overdoses are up almost 30 percent over the last year alone and claiming more than 286 lives every day. The majority of opioid addictions in America start with prescription pills obtained from a family member or friend. Take Back Day is a chance to clean out medicine cabinets and get rid of unneeded medication to help prevent medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.

Collection sites will be located around the country and will be collecting tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs — safely and anonymously. Drop off your unneeded medication between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm (in your time zone).

Locally, there is a prescription drug drop-off box just outside of the Atlantic Police Department offices inside City Hall. Elsewhere:

• At the Audubon County Sheriff’s Office
• The Council Bluffs Police Dept. (Walgreens)
• The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office
• The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office,
• and, the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office.