The Opioid Epidemic: Panhandle Response Home Page
Why Should We Be Concerned?
If kept in the medicine cabinet, unused or expired medications can fall into the wrong hands and lead to accidental poisoning or illegal use. But you shouldn’t just toss or flush them—if disposed of improperly, they can harm the environment.
- 38% of childhood poisonings involve a grand parents medication
- Most people who abuse prescription drugs get them from FREE from a friend or relative.
- 1 in 5 teens admits to abusing pain pills
What Should We Do?
Dispose of your leftover medications at one of the sites listed below.
Safe and legal no cost disposal sites across the Panhandle:
Box Butte |
Cheyenne |
Dawes |
Alliance City Police Department Alliance Community Pharmacy Dave's Pharmacy |
Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office Safeway Pharmacy Sidney Police Department Western Drug Company |
Chadron Community Hospital & Health Services Dawes County
Sheriff's Office Petersen Drug Petersen Drug |
Deuel |
Garden |
Grant |
| Deuel County Sheriff
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Campbell Drug
Garden County Sheriff's Department |
Grant County Sheriff (East side of Courthouse) |
Kimball |
Morrill |
Scotts Bluff |
Bemis Drug Bemis Drug Kimball County Sheriff |
Bayard Police Department Bridgeport Police Department Nein Pharmacy |
Gering Police Department Mitchell Police Department Scotts Bluff Police Department Scottsbluff Sheriff's Office Walgreens Gering U-Save Pharmacy |
Sheridan |
Sioux | |
Gordon City Police Department Sheridan County Sheriff's Office Stockmen's Drug |
Sioux County Sheriff Department |
Disposal in Household Trash
If no medicine take-back programs or DEA-authorized collectors are available in your area, and there are no specific disposal instructions on the label, such
as flushing as described below, you can also follow these simple steps to dispose of most medicines in the household trash:
- Mix medicines (do not crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as dirt, kitty litter, or used coffee grounds;
- Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag
- Throw the container in your household trash;
- Scratch out all personal information on the prescription label of your empty pill bottle or empty medicine packaging to make it unreadable, then dispose of the container.
Updated January 18, 2021