UnitedHealthcare To Host “Drug Take Back Day” Events In Chattanooga

  • Friday, October 18, 2019

In partnership with the Hamilton County Drug Coalition, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee is holding Drug Take Back Day events to give residents a safe, secure and confidential venue to dispose of their unused prescription drugs.

Opioid overdoses accounted for 66 percent of all drug overdose deaths in 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.¹ It’s estimated that more than half of people 12 and older who misuse prescription pain relievers obtained them from a friend or family member.²

The Drug Take Back Day events will be Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Here are the locations. 

Food City
3901 Dayton Blvd. 
Red Bank, TN 37415

Mt. Canaan Baptist Church
4801 Hwy. 58
Chattanooga, TN 37416

Orchard Knob Baptist Church
1734 East 3rd St.
Chattanooga, TN 37404

Elks Lodge #91
1069 Graysville Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Walgreens
2289 Gunbarrel Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421

Walgreens
3605 Brainerd Road
Chattanooga, TN 37411

Walgreens
5301 Ringgold Road
Chattanooga, TN 37412

Walgreens
110 North Market St.
Chattanooga, TN 37405

Walgreens
9307 Lee Hwy.
Chattanooga, TN 37363

Walgreens
3550 Broad St.
Chattanooga, TN 37408

Walgreens
5478 TN Hwy. 53
Hixson, TN 37343

Walgreens
121 Harrison Lane
Soddy Daisy, TN 37379

Walgreens
14857 Rankin Ave.
Dunlap, TN 37327

 

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