FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis will host a Drug Take Back Day in the lobby of the Campus Center, 420 University Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20.
Students, staff and faculty can bring in old or expired prescription or over-the-counter drugs for proper disposal.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency sponsors several such events each year as a community service, giving people an opportunity to discard unused drugs, including controlled substances, that might otherwise be diverted and shared or sold for illicit use.
If the drugs are brought in a bag, the bag will not be opened to determine what kinds of drugs are inside.
Statistically, 60 to 70 percent of teens report that home medicine cabinets are their source for prescription opioids. Additionally, more than half of all people who use opioids for nonmedical reasons get them from friends and family.
The IUPUI event is sponsored by the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, the IU Police Department-Indianapolis and the Indiana Attorney General’s Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force.
The event will feature a raffle for a pair of Colts tickets and a helmet autographed by Colts players.
Short-term parking for will be available on Vermont Street near the Campus Center.