(WWJ) - It's time to do some fall cleaning... of your medicine cabinet.
Saturday, Oct. 26, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. It's a chance to rid yourself of unwanted or out of date medications. It also means that there will be fewer drugs dumped down the drain and into our water system.
About 70 percent of opioid pain medications prescribed for surgery go unused and remain in home medicine cabinets which can lead to the pills being misused or abused. On Drug Take Back Day, unused medication can be dropped off at more than 80 locations across the state.
All 30 Michigan State Police posts are participating in the effort, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All collected pills will be destroyed, with no questions asked. Liquids, inhalers, patches and syringes cannot be accepted.
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is held twice a year, in April and October. During the April 2019 effort, MSP posts collected 1,184 pounds of prescription drugs.