October 24th is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.  Danbury Police are calling on residents to clean out medicine cabinets and drop off unused medicines in the front lobby of the police station on the 24th between 10am and 2pm.  Potentially dangerous, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications that languish in medicine cabinets create a public health and safety concern because they are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse.  The DEA says a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the family medicine cabinet.  The DEA says disposing of old prescriptions this way also prevents children and pets being accidentally poisoned, avoids health problems by taking expired medication and keeps medicine from entering waterways if flushed and contaminating drinking water.