Safely dispose of old prescription and over-the-counter medicines this week as part of Operation Medicine Drop.

More than 250 locations across the state will be accepting old medicines on different days during the week.

Last year, more than 15 million doses of old medicines were collected during the events. Law enforcement agencies that collect drugs this week will turn them over to the SBI for safe disposal. The SBI will destroy the drugs using incinerators approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The event, part of National Poison Prevention Week, is sponsored by The Attorney General's Office, the SBI, Safe Kids North Carolina, the Riverkeepers of NC, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of North Carolina and local law enforcement agencies.

To find a complete list of sites and days when the drugs are being accepted go here.

Safely dispose of old prescription and over-the-counter medicines this week as part of Operation Medicine Drop.

More than 250 locations across the state will be accepting old medicines on different days during the week.

Last year, more than 15 million doses of old medicines were collected during the events. Law enforcement agencies that collect drugs this week will turn them over to the SBI for safe disposal.  The SBI will destroy the drugs using incinerators approved by the Environmental Protection Agency.
 
The event, part of National Poison Prevention Week, is sponsored by The Attorney General's Office, the SBI, Safe Kids North Carolina, the Riverkeepers of NC, Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of North Carolina and local law enforcement agencies.

To find a complete list of sites and days when the drugs are being accepted go here.

The best way to dispose of old medicine — both presciption and over-the-counter — is to hand it off to someone who knows how to get rid of it safely.

This week you can do just that as part of Operation Medicine Drop, a joint program by the Attorney General Roy Cooper, the State Bureau of Investigation, local law enforcement agencies, Safe Kids North Carolina, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

More than 200 drug take-back events are being offered across the state through Saturday as part of National Poison Prevention Week.  See the complete list of events for times and locations.

Prescription and over-the-counter medications cause more than three-fourths of all unintentional poisonings in North Carolina, according to the N.C. Division of Public Health.
 
This is the second year, the state has held such events. Last year, more than 1 million doses of old prescription and over-the-counter drugs were collected, including substances such as Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, and Fentanyl patches.

Law enforcement agencies that collect drugs this week will  turn them over to the SBI for safe disposal.  The SBI will destroy the drugs using incinerators approved by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.