Arkansas Drug Take Back

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Also: Arkansas Take Back · Monitor. Secure. Dispose.

Statewide Arkansas prescription-drug disposal initiative (US-AR), started in 2010 and run since the 2020s by the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership with the Arkansas Drug Director and National Guard Counter Drug program, promoting twice-yearly Take Back Days and 300+ permanent drop boxes with 'Monitor, Secure, Dispose' ads.

Years: 2010–now
Country: United States
Topic: Drugs Opioids
Asks people to: Never start
Strategy: Service link Simple instruction
Channel: Events Social (organic)Social (paid)Website
Audience: Adults General public Older adults

Evidence

ProcessUnknown

Process counts only: 28,764 lb of medication collected on 26 April 2025 (5,457 lb more than fall 2024); 23,307 lb in October 2024; 25,405 lb in April 2024; more than 329 tons destroyed since 2010 (sponsor).

Sponsor (who paid)

Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) State local government, operator; runs ardrugtakeback.org
Arkansas Drug Director (Office of the Governor) State local government, partner

Credits (who made it)

mhp.si (MHP Team SI, Little Rock) Production source

Executions (individual ads)

Arkansas Drug Take Back - Monitor 2024 · social-paid · youtube
Arkansas Drug Take Back - Dispose 2024 · social-paid · youtube
Arkansas Drug Take Back - Secure 2024 · social-organic · youtube
DISPOSE: Arkansas Take Back By the Numbers 2024 · social-organic · youtube
Arkansas Drug Take Back Day: October 25 2025 · social-organic · youtube
Drop Off Prescriptions on Take Back Day 2025 · social-organic · youtube
Prescription Drug Drop Off social-organic · youtube
Governor's Message Arkansas Drug Take Back | April 25, 2026 2026 · social-organic · youtube
ReviveAR Drug Take Back (mhp.si upload) social-organic · youtube

Related campaigns

ReviveAR 2024–now

Sources

ARORP: Arkansans exceeded expectations on Arkansas Drug Take Back Day; over 28,700 pounds disposed sponsor · 2025
Arkansas Drug Take Back site sponsor
ARORP: Arkansans Monitor, Secure, and Dispose of 26,020 Pounds of Medications on Drug Take Back Day sponsor · 2023

Research notes

US-AR. Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. Pre-2021 start (2010) but active and advertised 2023-2026; ads found are 2024-2026. Settlement funding not stated on fetched pages. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: mhp.si inferred from its own YouTube channel uploading a 'ReviveAR Drug Take Back' spot; no credit found for the Monitor/Secure/Dispose spots. ardrugtakeback.org/about returned a Cloudflare block to curl. Monitor and Dispose spots have ~36-37k views, marked social-paid on that basis only. Reuse terms checked 2026-10-23 by an AI research pass for #47; not yet reviewed by a person.

Record cases/ar-drug-take-back.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign