[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5276]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY

  (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, talk to your neighbors, turn on the local 
news, and you hear the tragic stories of how opioid abuse is 
devastating families across the country and in my State of Michigan.
  Combating this epidemic requires us to work together to tackle it 
head on. No effort is too small, and each of us can do our part. One 
way to help is participating in National Prescription Drug Take-Back 
Day, which takes place this Saturday, April 30th. It is an opportunity 
for citizens to clean out their medicine cabinets of unwanted 
medications with no questions asked. Safe disposal of expired 
prescription drugs is an important step to preventing abuse.
  Authorized drop-off sites are located all across Michigan's Seventh 
Congressional District, and I will be stopping by one of those sites, 
the Jackson Police Department, on Saturday.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It is a 
human issue, and it affects us all.

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