Mission Health is partnering with local law enforcement agencies to host Crush the Crisis opioid take back events on Saturday, October 23, at five of its hospital locations.
Opioid misuse is a public health crisis in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has quadrupled since 1999. More than 70% of the 70,630 deaths in 2019 involved an opioid.
HCA Healthcare’s Crush the Crisis events will align with National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, sponsored by The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
HCA Healthcare is committed to bringing frontline solutions to curb the tide of opioid misuse and addiction in the communities that it serves. COVID-19 has exacerbated the opioid epidemic, and the effort to crush the crisis is now more important than ever.
Mission Hospital
1 Hospital Drive. Asheville, NC 28801
10 am – 2 pm
Angel Medical Center
120 Riverview Street, Franklin, NC 28734
9 am – Noon
Blue Ridge Regional Hospital
125 Hospital Drive, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
10 am – Noon
Highland-Cashiers Hospital
190 Hospital Drive, Highlands, NC 28741
9 am – Noon
Mission Hospital McDowell
430 Rankin Drive, Marion, NC 28752
10 am – Noon
The focus of the event is to collect tablets, capsules and patches of Hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, Vicodin), Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), Tramadol (Ultram), Codeine, Fentanyl (Duragesic), Morphine, Hydromorphone (Dilaudid) and Oxymorphone (Opana). However, any medications are accepted.
They will not be able to accept needles, syringes, lancets, inhalers or liquids.
To help keep members of communities safe, Crush the Crisis Opioid Take Back Day events will adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention safety protocols to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
For more information, please call 833-582-1970.