On the most recent drug take-back day, more than 31,000 pounds of unused medication was collected in Pennsylvania alone.

Drug Take Back Day encourages the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.

University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic will partner to host National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at more than a dozen collection locations across Northeast