The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Office of Diversion Control in a “Take it Back” campaign today to collect unwanted, expired and unused pharmaceuticals.

Christian said no identification is required to drop off drugs, and there would be no questions asked; the process is completely anonymous.

“We are encouraging people to bring in old prescriptions, prescriptions that have been left behind at a home and are not being used and even bring in prescription drugs that were illegally obtained and discard them,” he said.

The pharmaceutical will be collected by the DEA and incinerated. Needles, intravenous solutions and syringes cannot be accepted.

This is the first time the DEA and the Sheriff’s Office have held the campaign, and they plan on making it an annual event if the program is successful.

Drugs can be dropped off from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The two closest drop-off areas for north Jefferson County are the Sheriff’s Office substation at 2651 Centerpoint Parkway or the Birmingham Police Department’s north precinct at 2600 31st Avenue North. A complete list of nearby safe collection sites can be found at http://tinyurl.com/takebackday.