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October 21, 2025 - Harrisburg, PA

To Address Opioid Use Disorder in Construction Industry, Shapiro Administration and Keystone Contractors Association Encourage Construction Workers, all Pennsylvanians to Drop off Unwanted Meds on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

Shapiro Administration leaders from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP), and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) partnered with the Keystone Contractors Association (KCA) to encourage Pennsylvanians to take part in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day initiative on Saturday, October 25.

The DEA has offered National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days - one in the spring and one in the fall - since 2010 with the goal of fighting prescription drug misuse by creating convenient ways to dispose of medication that could otherwise be misused.

During the most recent National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in April 2025, the DEA collected nearly 32,000 pounds of unused medication in Pennsylvania alone across more than 230 collection sites.


Speakers Include:
Jon O'Brien, Executive Director, Keystone Contractors Association
Dr. Latika Davis-Jones, Secretary, Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs
Major General John Pippy, PA Adjutant General
Sergeant Logan Brouse, Pennsylvania State Police
Senator John Kane, PA State Senator

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