… 893,498 pounds of unwanted medicines-about 447 tons-at almost 5,400 sites spread through all 50 states, beating its … five states with the largest collections, in order, were (almost 40 tons); (32 tons); (31 tons); (24 tons); and (24 … that accounted for 20,808 drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control …