DEA National Rx TakeBack Day

Prescription Drug Abuse is the fastest-growing drug problem in the US.

• In El Paso County in 2018, there were twice the number of drug overdose deaths (133) as there were fatal motor vehicle accidents.
• 1 in 7 Colorado high school students has taken prescription medications without a doctor’s prescription. Over half of teens say that it’s easy to get prescription drugs from their parent’s medicine cabinets.
• According to results from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an estimated 2 million Americans misused prescription pain relievers for the first time within 2017, which averages to approximately 5,480 initiates per day.

 DEA Take Back Meds Day         October 26, 2019                          10am-2pm

CSPD                                                 Police Operations Center                             705 S. Nevada Avenue

CSPD                                                 King Soopers                                                     7915 Constitution Avenue

CSPD                                                  Security Fire Station                                     400 Security Blvd.

CSPD                                                  Memorial North                                              4050 Briargate Pkwy

CSPD                                                  EPC Hazardous Waste Site                          3255 Akers Drive

Monument PD                                Police Department                                          645 Beacon Lite Road