Drop off locations in Branson, Hollister, Rockaway Beach, Branson West, and Crane
Did you know that 53 percent of misused prescription drugs come from family and friends? The source of those prescription drugs is often the home medicine cabinet.
Saturday, October 23, local law enforcement and prevention coalitions will host six prescription drug take-back sites in Stone and Taney counties during the DEA National Rx Drug Take-Back Day.
The Taney County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT), the Stone County Community Health Coalition, and the Stone & Taney Counties Substance Use Initiative have partnered with local pharmacies to promote safe medication disposal as a part of the event. Coalition volunteers will be on site during the event handing out free medication safety information and medication destruction packets.
“Each Take Back event gives community members the opportunity to rid their homes of potentially dangerous expired and unused prescription medications,” says Marietta Hagan, CoxHealth project coordinator and member of the coalitions.
Drug Take Back events are a great alternative to flushing medications, which is discouraged. Drug Take Back events and the use of the permanent drug drop boxes in Stone and Taney counties protects area waterways from contamination from medications. City and county sewer systems and private septic systems are designed to treat biological waste and do not remove medications that are flushed down the toilet or dropped down a sink.
During the Take Back event, medication drop off locations will be set up on October 23 at the following pharmacies:
- BRANSON: Lakeland Pharmacy – 1232 Branson Hills Pkwy (10am to 2pm)
- BRANSON: Walgreens Pharmacy – 210 MO Hwy 165 (10am to 2pm)
- HOLLISTER: Walgreens Pharmacy – 101 Industrial Park Drive (10am to 2pm)
- BRANSON WEST: Lakeland Pharmacy – 18565 MO-13 BUS (10am to 2pm)
- CRANE: Lakeland Pharmacy – 104 Courtney Lane (10am to 1pm)
- ROCKAWAY BEACH: 3739 State Highway F (across from the TCAD ambulance barn – 10am to 2pm)
ADAPT’s mission is to reduce and prevent the use of alcohol and other drugs by the youth of Taney County through evidence-based strategies. The mission of the Stone County Community Health Coalition is to promote a healthier, happier, and safer Stone County, MO by focusing on the reduction of substance use and misuse, mental health challenges, and cardiovascular disease. The Stone & Taney Counties Substance Use Initiative is a project of Cox Medical Center Branson and funded by a Skaggs Legacy Endowment grant.
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