Medical City Healthcare officials and local law enforcement agencies recovered over 1,500 pounds of unused medication in Dallas-Fort Worth as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Oct. 25, according to a news release from the hospital system.

Medical City hospitals in Arlington, Dallas, Decatur, Denton, Frisco and McKinney participated and accepted unused prescription and over-the-counter medications.

By the numbers

McKinney led the area in drug returns, with 644 pounds of unused medication returned to Medical City McKinney at the city's police department, according to data from the hospital system. Collections for other participating hospitals took place at the respective hospital sites.The Medical City system has collected over 108,000 pounds of medication since launching its “Crush the Crisis" program in 2019, which also aims to safely dispose of unused medication to prevent misuse, according to Medical City’s website.

Medical City Healthcare launched the program to combat drug abuse. North Texans can return unused medication for free year-round at 15 Medical City hospitals, including:

• Medical City Alliance: main entrance lobby
• Medical City Argyle: first floor lobby
• Medical City Arlington: parking lot A
• Medical City Dallas: building A, first floor atrium
• Medical City Decatur: first floor lobby
• Medical City Denton: main entrance lobby near the elevators
• Medical City Fort Worth: tower A entrance lobby
• Medical City Frisco: main entrance lobby
• Medical City Las Colinas: main entrance lobby
• Medical City Lewisville: main entrance lobby
• Medical City McKinney: main entrance lobby
• Medical City North Hills: main entrance lobby
• Medical City Plano: entrance C
• Medical City Sachse: main entrance lobby
• Medical City Weatherford: main entrance lobby