LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WOKI / DEA) – On October 25, 2025, DEA joined 4,263 law enforcement agencies across the country who came together for the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. At 4,317 collection sites nationwide, Take Back events removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug misuse before it starts.
Here in the Louisville Division, which encompasses Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia, DEA and our partners collected more than 34,000 pounds. Tennessee led the division’s collection efforts with 18,554.27 pounds; followed by Kentucky, with 11,338.8 pounds; and West Virginia with 4,191.9 pounds.
Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s National Prescription Take Back Day has collected nearly 20,391,815 pounds (more than 10,000 tons) of medications to help prevent prescription drug misuse and reduce the potential for accidental overdoses and poisonings.
If you were unable to participate in this National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, there are nearly 16,500 pharmacies, hospitals, and businesses, in addition to many police departments, that offer safe medication disposal year-round. For information on permanent drop boxes, please visit DEA’s Every Day is Take Back Day page.
Complete results for DEA’s fall National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available on DEA’s Take Back Day page.
