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Cleveland Clinic to host National Drug Take-Back Day events on October 24

The program, which encourages the safe disposal of prescription medications, collected 2,743 pounds of unused medications in 2019.

CLEVELAND — Have leftover medications laying around? The Cleveland Clinic has a solution.

On Saturday, October 24, the Cleveland Clinic is encouraging you to safely get rid of your extra medications as part of National Drug Take-Back Day.

This year, the Clinic is pushing for more people to turn in their unused medications amid the ongoing opioid crisis, as well as a recent overdose alert from Cuyahoga County.

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According to the Clinic, in 2018, their pharmacies collected 1,014 pounds of unused medications, and that number more than doubled in 2019 with a whopping 2,743 pounds. As of the second quarter of 2020, Clinic pharmacies collected 1,686 pounds of leftover medications, on track to exceed the 2019 total.

For those interested in safely disposing of their leftover medication, there are 14 Clinic locations including their family health centers, main campus, and regional hospitals, as well as other local locations such as police stations, firehouses, and pharmacies.

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The following Cleveland Clinic locations have a disposal Kiosk available all year round:

  • Beachwood Family Health Center
  • Children's Hospital Pharmacy (Main Campus)
  • Crile Pharmacy (Main Campus)
  • Euclid Avenue Pharmacy (Main Campus)
  • Hillcrest Hospital (Atrium Pharmacy)
  • Independence Family Health Center
  • Lutheran Hospital
  • Marymount Hospital
  • Medina Hospital
  • Richard E. Jacobs Family Health Center
  • Stephanie Tubbs Jones
  • Taussig Outpatient Pharmacy (Main Campus)
  • Twinsburg Family Health Center
  • Union Hospital

The Cleveland Clinic does let people drop off unused medications 365 days a year. 

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