Northern Colorado Drop Off Locations For Prescription Drug Take-Back Day – October 26, 2013

A lot of us have bottles and boxes of old, unused prescription medications. Once they have passed their expiration, many are not effective or could be unsafe to use. So, local police and he U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have created National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day as a way to help us all safely dispose of our unused, unneeded, and/or expired prescription medications.

A take back day will be happening this Saturday, October 26th, from 10AM-2PM. Read on to find out where you can drop off the drugs in Fort Collins, Estes Park, Loveland, Wellington, Windsor, Red Feather, Evans and Greeley.

From the City of Fort Collins:

On Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local law enforcement and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public another opportunity to properly dispose of unused, unneeded, and/or expired prescription medications.

Northern Colorado Drop off locations:

• Estes Park: Rocky Mountain Pharmacy, 453 East Wonderview Avenue
• Evans: Sam's Club - 3247 23rd Avenue, Evans
• Fort Collins: Fort Collins Police Services, 2221 S. Timberline Road
• Fort Collins: Colorado State University, Green Hall, 750 S. Meridian Ave.
• Greeley: Greeley Police Department - 2875 10th Street
• Greeley: University of Northern Colorado - 2045 10th Avenue
• Loveland: Loveland Police Department, 810 E. 10th St.
• Red Feather: Fire Station at 44 Firehouse Lane
• Wellington: Wellington Fire Station #1, 8130 3rd Street
• Windsor: 200 N. 11th

From the City of Greeley:

What's accepted:

• Prescription drugs in tablets or capsules form
• Over the counter solid dosage medications (tablets and capsules)

What's NOT accepted:

• Intra-venous, solutions, injectables and needles are not accepted.
• Illegal substances, such as marijuana or methamphetamine
• Liquid medicine, like cough syrups
• Any type of medical/hazardous waste

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