Attorney General

Curtis T. Hill, Jr.

Bitter Pill: Rx Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force

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The Office of the Indiana Attorney General helps protect the rights, freedoms, and safety you enjoy as a citizen of the Hoosier state. Attorney General Curtis T. Hill Jr. and his staff are dedicated to meeting the state's legal needs, as well as the needs and interests of its citizens.

Drug takeback in Danville - 7/16/18

Today in Danville, the Attorney General stopped by a drug takeback event at a Kroger store where his staff -- along with the Danville Police Department – collected 30 pounds of prescription drugs. This amount brought the five-day total to approximately 430 pounds after last Thursday’s record collection of 400 pounds in Columbus. So far this year, 1,493 pounds have been collected for proper disposal.

Drug takeback collects record amount - 7/12/18

A drug takeback event in Columbus on July 12 produced a significant haul – approximately 400 pounds of expired, unused and/or otherwise unwanted prescription drugs. The event, held at a Kroger store, was a collaborative effort by the Office of the Attorney General, Indiana State Police, Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office and the Columbus Police Department. The 400 pounds was a record amount for a single event and brings the total collected by the office this year to 1,463 pounds.

Keeping old medication puts families at risk, which is why it’s important to dispose of unused or leftover medication. Drug takeback events help Hoosiers properly dispose of prescriptions --preventing accidental poisoning, overdose, illegal use, identity theft and contamination of water resources.

“Abuse of prescription medicine is a big part of our overall drug crisis,” Attorney General Curtis Hill said. “Across the United States, more than 6 million people abuse controlled prescription drugs. Here in Indiana, nearly 1 in 20 Hoosiers report having used opioid pain relievers for non-medical uses, and a majority of abused medication comes from family and friends of users. We’re doing good work whenever we get these drugs out of people’s medicine cabinets and properly discarded.”