Drive-Through Pill Collection Event Scheduled for National Take Back Day

The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office has announced a pill collection event to take place on National Take Back Day. The public can drop off their unused or expired medications on Saturday, October 27, 2018 from 10am-2pm in the parking lot of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office located at 100 North Grove Street. This pill collection event is being operated drive through style, allowing participants to remain in their vehicles and quickly and conveniently dispose of the medications they no longer need.

This collection event is part of the National Take Back Initiative, sponsored by the US Drug Enforcement Agency and Safe Kids North Carolina. Sheriff’s Office deputies and employees, along with members of Hope Rx and pharmaceutical students from Wingate University, will be collecting medications that will be safely disposed of in the Sheriff’s Office incinerator. Since the drug disposal program was implemented in 2013, 7,263 total pounds of medication have been collected and incinerated. 1,196 pounds have already been taken in during 2018.

Drug Disposal Information:

• The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office provides citizens with a free, environmentally safe, and convenient way to dispose of medications from their homes, reducing the possibility of accidental or intentional misuse and/or theft.
• Prescription pills, capsules, ointments, vitamins, liquids in their original containers, inhalers and patches WILL be accepted.
• Chemotherapy medications and sharps/needles/Epi-pens WILL NOT be accepted.
• The Sheriff’s Office provides a permanent drug collection drop box in the lobby located at100 North Grove Streetin Hendersonville. It is accessible every Monday–Friday from 8am-5pm.Check in at the front desk for instructions.