(Travis County, TX) – On Saturday, April 22, 2023, Travis County Constables teamed up with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to collect expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs from the public. A total of 646 pounds of prescription drugs were collected.
During the October 2022 Drug Take Back Day, a total of 597 pounds of drugs were collected by Travis County Constables.
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day allows residents to safely dispose of unwanted medication from their homes, which helps prevent medication misuse and reduces the risk of opioid addiction. Last year, the Travis County Commissioners Court declared a public health crisis to address opioid overdose deaths in Travis County after seeing a sharp rise in deaths.
The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day initiative helps make communities safer and healthier. The misuse and improper disposal of expired and unwanted prescription drugs is a growing problem nationwide and also threatens local water supplies.
In addition to the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there are 11,000 authorized collectors that are available year-round across the United States to collect and dispose of unwanted prescription drugs, including the five Travis County Constable Precincts. These Precinct offices are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and they have permanent collection boxes in their lobbies.
For more information, visit DEA’s year-round collection site locator or Travis County’s Prescription Takeback website.
