The University of Kansas Hospital will participate in drug takeback day on Sept. 26.
The hospital will accept expired or unwanted prescription drugs on Sept. 26. Persons may bring pills or prescription drugs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, to the KU Hospital main entrance, 2015 W. 39th St., Kansas City, Kan.
The KU Hospital Public Safety Department and Drug Enforcement Administration will accept those drugs. There will be no charge and no questions asked, a spokesman said. The program is intended to rid the home of potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs. They cannot accept liquids, needles or sharps, only pills and patches.
Last September, Americans turned in 309 tons (over 617,000 pounds) of prescription drugs at nearly 5,500 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,000 of its state and local law enforcement partners. When those results are combined with what was collected in its eight previous take back events, DEA and its partners have taken in over 4.8 million pounds—more than 2,400 tons—of pills.