田纳西州今日举行全州处方药回收日上午10时至下午2时免费匿名交药
田纳西州心理健康与药物滥用服务厅与州环境保护厅宣布，10月24日（周六）上午10时至下午2时，全州举行全国处方药回收日活动，居民可把家中不再需要、过期或用剩的处方药和非处方药送到回收点免费、安全、匿名处理。两厅表示，地方执法机构、防毒联盟和社区组织共同在全州设立回收点，清理家中闲置药品有助于减少意外中毒和药物误用的风险，也能防止药品进入水体、保护田纳西州的环境与水道。今年4月的回收日活动中，田纳西居民共安全处理了23384磅药品。心理健康与药物滥用服务厅厅长玛丽·威廉姆斯说，回收日是让家庭和社区更安全的一件简单小事，花几分钟处理闲置药品，就能减少成瘾性药品落入他人手中的机会。环境保护厅厅长戴维·塞尔斯表示，妥善处理药品可以避免其进入水道。不能参加当日活动的居民也可利用全州近400个常设药品回收箱，全州每个县至少设有一个，常设点多设在药房和执法机构内，全年均可匿名投放。居民可在州政府的回收日活动页面查询就近回收点。
Tennessee Holds Statewide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Today: Free, Anonymous Drop-Off From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Tennessee's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services and the Department of Environment and Conservation announced that on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the state is holding its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event, at which residents can bring no-longer-needed, expired or leftover prescription and over-the-counter medications to collection sites for free, safe and anonymous disposal. The two departments said local law enforcement agencies, anti-drug coalitions and community organizations are jointly staffing collection sites statewide; clearing out unused medications at home helps reduce the risk of accidental poisoning and drug misuse and keeps drugs out of waterways, protecting Tennessee's environment and waters. At the April take-back event this year, Tennessee residents safely disposed of 23,384 pounds of medication. Commissioner Marie Williams of the mental health department said take-back day is a simple step that makes families and communities safer, and that taking a few minutes to dispose of unused medication reduces the chance of addictive drugs falling into the wrong hands. Environment and Conservation Commissioner David Salyers said proper disposal keeps medication out of waterways. Residents who cannot attend the day's event can also use nearly 400 permanent drug take-back boxes across the state - at least one in every county, mostly located in pharmacies and law enforcement agencies and available year-round for anonymous drop-off. Nearby collection sites can be found on the state's take-back day page.
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