The Federal Employee Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Back at NIH! Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23, from 10am – 2pm, federal employees and contractors can safely, confidentially and conveniently dispose of unwanted, unused or expired prescription drugs. By participating in Federal Employee Prescription Drug Take Back Day, you can help free your home from a dangerous hazard -- prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that can be misused.
If you are a federal employee or contractor, bring your unwanted, unused or expired prescription and OTC drugs to one of the following convenient locations from 10am – 2pm:
Bethesda Main Campus – Lot 10-H (just south of Building 10 South Lobby – where food trucks are typically located)
NIDA Headquarters - 11601 Landsdown St, Rockville, MD 20852 Lobby
NCI Shady Grove, 9609 Medical Center Drive, First Floor Lobby
Baltimore – Biomedical Research Center (BRC), 251 Bayview Boulevard, Atrium Lobby (3rd Floor)
For those employees and contractors unable to take advantage of Wednesday's event or not located in the Washington, DC/Baltimore region, National Prescription Drug Take Back events are scheduled on Saturday, April 26 at collection sites throughout the United States. To find the closest collection site on April 26, visit the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration website and enter your zip code.
Please note: Collection sites will not accept "sharps," syringes/needles, scalpels or vape pens. Liquid products, such as cough syrup, should remain sealed in their original container. Please remove batteries from all electronic devices.
We encourage you to take part in this effort to reduce the public health threat posed by prescription and OTC drug misuse in this country, and to begin by looking in your own medicine cabinet.
Thank you in advance,
Your colleagues at the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Office of Research Services, co-sponsors of the Federal Employee Prescription Drug Take Back Day at NIH
