National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

1. http://tablet.olivesoftware.com/Olive/Tablet/AustinAmericanStatesman/SharedArticle.aspx?href=AAS%2F2013%2F10%2F10&id=Ar03804
2. Category of problem: Health
3. Level of problem: Local level
4. The article concerns: Lakeway Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration are teaming up for the sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
5. Why is this important to families/individuals OR how does it affect individuals/families?
       --National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is an opportunity for people to properly dispose unused, expired and unwanted drugs. This opportunity will keep those drugs off the streets and out of peoples hands.
6. What are your views on the issue/policy?
       --I personally think that the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day should be done in more places than just in Lakeway. Whoever came up with this idea was thinking about the future of the people in the city and the cities in which surround Lakeway. Keeping any amount of drugs off the street and out of people's hands is always a good thing. Take-Bake Day is a safe way for people to dispose their prescription drugs. A great thing about that is it is anonymous. People do not have to worry about others seeing what kinds of prescription drugs that they have taken or are still taking.
    I know that many people do give out their prescription drugs to friends and family. People might think that it is an okay thing to do, but that friendly gesture could have repercussions I know that I would not want to be the reason for someone who I love and care fore to end up in the hospital. I think that it is safer for people who are in pain to receive medical help, instead of relying on the internet or friends and families prescription drugs to suppress their pain. 

     "Each day, approximately, 2,500 teens use them [prescription drugs] to get high for the first time." This is why, National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day needs to be put in the lime light for trying to not only help people who want to safely and properly dispose of their prescription drugs, but to also praise it for keeping those drugs out of the wrong people's hands.