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The "Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010" was proposed to amend the "Controlled Substances Act" created in 1970 which prohibits the disposal of controlled substances unless a member of law enforcement has authorization from the DEA to directly receive and dispose of the controlled substance. This bars drug take back programs from being able to receive and safely dispose of controlled medications for members of the public which in turn can lead to the potential misuse of these abused drugs. Abuse of prescription medications has been an increasingly devastating epidemic, with deaths from overdose and rehabilitation admissions growing over the years. It was shown that in 2006, about 1/3 of new prescription drug abusers were 12-17 years olds.[1] With these statistics, congress decided to take an active role in trying to make drug take back programs more readily available. Therefore, the "Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010" was created to allow the Attorney General permission in creating new policies to provide citizens convenient and safe disposal of their unwanted medications to authorized people or facilities. Sf659323 (talk) 02:54, 31 October 2017 (UTC)