EUGENE, Ore. — You can drop off expired, unused, or unwanted prescription drugs Saturday, Sept. 29 at several places around town.
They’ll be open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The goal is to keep the pills out of the hands of addicts and out of the local water supply, which can happen when you flush them.
Here is a list of local Drug Take-Back collection locations:
Federal Building, 211 East 7Th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97401
Lane Community College Center for Meeting and Learning @ LCC, Front of Building 19, 4000 East 30Th Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405
Lane Fire Authority – Veneta Station, 88050 Territorial Highway, Veneta, OR 97487
Creswell Chamber of Commerce, 285 East Oregon Avenue, Creswell, OR 97426
Allied Waste Services of Corvallis, 110 NE Walnut Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97330
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Pat Gildroy says:
September 29, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC -7)
Please publicize this more. This website is the only place I saw it. Also, please offer more places to take drugs. If all fire stations could take the medications, then there would be a lot more people able and willing to get rid of old prescriptions the proper way.
Thanks,
Pat