Pill Collection Event at Sam’s Club

Date: Friday, December 21, 2018

Time: 9am-1pm

Location: Sam’s Club in Hendersonville

There is no school on December 21st and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputies are utilizing their “day off” to host a pill collection event! School Resource Deputies regularly utilize school holidays to contribute to the Sheriff’s Office strategic plan and help prevent opioids and other medication from falling into the wrong hands.

Sam’s Club of Hendersonville will be the site of a pill take back on Wednesday, December 21st from 9am-1pm. This event provides residents a convenient and safe way to dispose of unused or expired medications. Participants can drive through and hand off their medications or visit the table manned by HCSO staff. This event is open to the public and you do not have to be a Sam’s Club member to participate.

Accepted medications include prescription pills, capsules, ointments, vitamins, liquids in their original containers, inhalers and patches. Radioactive chemotherapy medications and sharps/needles/EpiPens cannot be accepted. Disposing of unused medications in this fashion may keep individuals from taking expired medication or medicine that was not prescribed to them. It also helps protect the environment because flushing medication down the drain puts unwanted chemicals into the area’s water supply and should be avoided.

Since the drug disposal program was instituted in 2013, over 7,600 pounds of medications have been properly disposed of and kept out of the water supply and out of the hands of potential abusers.

In addition to the off-site pill collection events, the public can bring their medications to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office lobby located at 100 North Grove Street, Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm.