Drug Drive a Success Published Sept. 29, 2010 By 2nd Lt. Tyler Gross 71st Flying Training Wing Public Affairs Vance Air Force Base, Okla -- Vance continues to support the Enid community through a prescription medication drop-off program. The Drug Enforcement Agency's first ever National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, spear-headed by Vance's Drug Demand Reduction Program, with the assistance of 71st Security Forces Squadron and the Enid Police Department, allowed anyone with unused or expired prescription and over the counter medication to drop their pills off for proper disposal. "There are very few ways to properly dispose of medication," said Yvonne Lewis-Odom, the Drug Demand Reduction Manager at Vance. "This program gave community members an opportunity to safely dispose of expired and unused medications." The statewide drive, conducted at 14 sites, collected a total of 816 pounds of prescription and OTC medication. The Vance site, one of two in Enid, collected 55 pounds. A site at Jumbo Foods in Enid, collected 232 pounds. "We collected everything from baby aspirin to Oxycontin," said Robert Bodick, the Drug Testing Program Administrative Manager at Vance. "We even collected medicine that was at least 40 years old." The plethora and age of medication indicated a clear demand for this type of drive "There are a lot of dangerous drugs out there," said Mr. Bodick. "This drive definitely could have saved someone's life." While there are currently no future drop-off programs scheduled, Vance's Drug Demand Reduction Program would like to conduct another one in the near future.