Politics & Government

DEA National Take Back Initiative (Multiple sites, county-wide)

Local and federal law enforcement have banded together again to collect unwanted prescription drugs from people across the country. In the first such collection last year,  more than 121 tons of pills were turned over, authorities said; locally four tons were collected. 

Authorities are attempting to prevent prescription-drug abuse, a problem for an estimated 7 million Americans. 

Collection points include Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, El Cajon, Encinitas, La Jolla, La Mesa, Poway, Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Santee and Camp Pendleton.

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