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National Take-Back day is meant to provide an opportunity to get rid of expired, unwanted or unused pharmaceuticals.

“The Federal, state and local collaboration represented in this initiative is key in our national efforts to reduce pharmaceutical drug diversion and abuse,” Director of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske said.

The DEA said the drugs are unsafe and could be used illegally if they get into the wrong hands.

"We've been saving it so we could find a way to get rid of it. I didn't want to throw it in the trash, because you're not supposed to do that. Somebody else might get a hold of it, or it's bad for the water too,” participants Jane and George Kennebeck said.

The DEA said rates of prescription drug abuse and accidental poisonings in the U.S. are increasing at an alarming rate. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends and from the home medicine cabinet.