Saturday's National Drug Take Back Day Explained

If you have unwanted, unneeded, or unused medication inside your home, there is an opportunity this weekend to safely drop off those medications on National Drug Take Back Day.

The event is Saturday (October 24th) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and is sponsored by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.

The service is free and anonymous and helps keep potentially harmful medications from being used by individuals they are not intended for. It also keeps the drugs out of landfills and water supplies.

There are more than a dozen drop-off locations within 100 miles of Sioux Falls:

SOUTH DAKOTA DROP-OFF SITES

BRANDON POLICE DEPARTMENT
BROOKINGS POLICE DEPARTMENT
LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SIOUX FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT
SOUTH SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA POLICE DEPARTMENT

IOWA DROP-OFF SITES

CHEROKEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
ROCK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
SPENCER POLICE DEPARTMENT

MINNESOTA DROP-OFF SITES

COTTONWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
LYON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

In Sioux Falls, Emily's Hope is partnering with Lewis Drug to drop off medications with no questions asked and access free prevention resources.

In addition to medication disposal, Emily’s Hope will have on-site resource tables offering free naloxone kits, DisposeRx packets, and educational resources focused on substance use prevention, overdose awareness and response teams, and pathways to treatment and recovery.

During April's National Drug Take Back Day, 4,306 law enforcement agencies took part nationwide at 4,417 collection sites. That day, more than 320 tons of drugs were turned over (642,410 pounds).

Since the program began in 2010, more than 10,000 tons of drugs have been collected (21,034,225 pounds).

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