WELCOME BACK EVERYONE
BERNALILLO COUNTY ALONG WITH
THE DA THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
AND OTHER PARTNERING
PARTNERING AGENCIES INVITE THE
PUBLIC TO TAKE PART IN
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG
TAKE BACK DAY. ACCORDING TO A
USE AND HEALTH 9.9 MILLION
AMERICANS MISUSED CONTROLLED
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. MANY OF
WHICH CAME FROM THE HOME
WITH PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER CARLOS PIANO TO FIND
OUT MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG
TAKE BACK DAY. AND WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT ESPECIALLY IN OUR
STATE.
CARLOS PIANO IS JOINING US
RIGHT NOW HE IS THE PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER WITH THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE D CARLOS HAVE YOU WITH
US. GOOD MORNING GLAD TO BE
WITH YOU. GOOD MORNING,
DEFINITELY IT'S GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US. NOW THIS EVENT
THEY'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING
TO BE SPEAKING ABOUT HERE IN
JUST A FEW SAY HAPPENS TWICE A
YEAR. BUT IT'S A VALUABLE ONE
FOR EVERYBODY OUT THERE
BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE
THIS KIND OF SITUATION IN OUR
HOMES. IT IS THE PRESCRIPTION
DRUG TAKE BACK DAY. LET'S HAVE
A TALK ABOUT THAT CURLS. EACH
SPRING AND FALL LIKE YOU SAID
WE HAVE NATIONAL TAKE BACK
DAY.
AND SO IT'S THIS COMING
SATURDAY. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO
MARK THEIR CALENDARS WE'RE
GOING TO BE IN VARIOUS
MEXICO FROM 10:00AM TO 02:00PM
ON SATURDAY, PRO 24TH, LIKE
YOU SAID IT'S. AN IMPORTANT
EVENT IN A CITIZEN MATT WISH
END UP IN THE WRONG ACCOUNTS.
SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY GO
UNCHECKED FOR A NEWS. EXPIRED
OR UNWANTED MEDICATIONS YOU
CAN BRING THEM TO A LOCATION
YOU NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
AND THAT'S THING I MEAN DO
YOU MOST OF US HAVE OUR
MEDICINE CABINETS THAT YOU
KNOW THERE FOR ONE REASON OR
NEVER FINISHED AND STILL LYING
AROUND, BUT IT'S IT'S
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S GONE FROM THERE,
ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE YOUNG
KIDS IN THE HOME. SO THAT IS
ABSOLUTELY WE UNFORTUNATELY
HAVE SEEN DURING PANDEMIC. USE
OF THESE TYPE OF PRESCRIPTION
MEDICINES AMONG CHILDREN UNDER
18 HAS GONE UP ABOUT 80%
THEY'RE AT HOME, YOU KNOW
THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE ANXIOUS
DEPRESSED AND SO IF THERE'S AN
UNSECURE MEDICATION,
ESPECIALLY THAT'S AN OPIOID
WE'VE PEOPLE TAKE THOSE
MEDICATIONS USE THEM
INCORRECTLY AND SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
SO WE WANT IF YOU HAVE A
LEGITIMATE MEDICATION THAT
YOU'RE USING WE WANT YOU TO
KEEP IT UNDER LOCK. BUT IF YOU
DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE BRING IT
TO OUR EVENT THE WORLD DISPOSE
OF IT PROPERLY. AND ONE OF THE
THINGS I'M I'M READING ABOUT
HERE. THAT'S INTERESTING THAT
I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS ALSO
GOING TO BE PART OF THIS VAPE
PENS OR EVEN OTHER DEVICES
RIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY WE'VE USE OF ONE
ESPECIALLY AS WELL AS MUCH AS
THE OPIOID SO WE WANT TO MAKE
RID OF THESE YOU CAN BRING
THEM OUT WE JUST ASK THAT YOU
TAKE THE BATTERY OUT PRIOR
DROPPING IT OFF.
SO WHEN THEY WHEN THEY TAKE
GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY FROM
10 TO 2 WHERE CAN THEY GO TAKE
CARE OF THAT CARL'S.
SO WE'RE MADE IT VERY EASY
FOR EVERY PERSON THERE'S A
DOT COM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
GO TO THAT PUT IN YOUR ZIP
CODE AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
THE NEAREST COLLECTION SITE
IT'S SUPER EASY AND LIKE I
SAID WE HAVE OVER 50 LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
SPRING VERSION OF THIS EVENTS
FEW MONTHS FROM NOW WHEN WE
GET INTO THE FALL WHAT WHAT'S
THE TIMING OF THAT EVENT.
WE USUALLY HAVE IT IN THE
FALL AGAIN IN OCTOBER BUT I'M
GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP
BECAUSE WE LIKE TO SAY THAT
TAKE BACK DAY IS EVERY DAY
THAT WEBSITE THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER WHICH IS TAKE BACK DOT
COM ALSO HAS A LOCATOR TO
SEARCH FOR AND YEAR-ROUND
LOCATIONS. SO IF YOU CAN'T
MAKE IT THIS SATURDAY BECAUSE
YOU CAN BE TRAVELING OR YOU
CAN BE OUT OF TOWN OR WHATEVER
REASON YOU CAN LOOK UP A
LOCATION ON SUNDAY ON MONDAY
ON TUESDAY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO
BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF THOSE
RIGHT AWAY THERE'S NO REASON
FOR YOU TO KEEP THEM AND HAVE
THEM LANGUISH IN MEDICINE
EXCELLENT YEAH AND AGAIN LIKE
YOU SAID YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT
STILL TAKE CARE OF.
OUTSIDE OF THAT BUT FOR ONE
TIME BIG TIME EVENT. IT'S
GOING TO BE OVER AT THE ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD WYOMING
CORRECT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE LOCATIONS
LIKE I SAID, BUT WE HAVE
SEVERAL THROUGHOUT THE
ALBUQUERQUE, GREATER AREA AND
HAVE RELATIVES THAT LIVE IN
ANOTHER PART OF THE COUNTRY
AND YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM
THAT WEBSITE. YOU CAN TELL A
MOM DAD AND GRANDPA. THERE
THIS IS NATIONAL TAKE BACK DAY
AND THEY CAN YOU CAN PUT IN
THE ZIP CODE FOR THEM AND TELL
THEM THE ACTUAL LOCATION
NEAREST TO THEM, IT'S VERY
CONVENIENT THAT WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT THIS YEAR IS OUR 20TH
TAKE BACK DAY WITH THIS
PROGRAM STARTED ABOUT 11 YEARS
AGO, BUT IT'S NUMBER 20 SO
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE FOR US.
ONE MAKE SURE PEOPLE COME OUT.
SAID NO QUESTIONS ASKED YOU
JUST ASKED THAT IF YOU'RE
GOING TO TURN IT IN THE
ORIGINAL CONTAINER JUST REMOVE
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM
THE LABEL. YOU KNOW.
MAKING IT CONVENIENT AND
FAMILIES. CARLOS PIANO WITH
THE D THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
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