Medication Disposal

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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 Box Butte County Sheriff's Office 512 Niobrara Alliance NE 69301 Alliance Community Pharmacy 315 Box Butte Avenue Alliance, NE 69301 (308) 629-1045 Safeway Pharmacy 3089 500 E Third St Alliance, NE 69301 (308) 762-1258 Dave's Pharmacy 508 Niobrara Ave Hemingford, NE 69348 (308) 487-5212	Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office 1000 10th Ave Sidney NE 69162 Safeway Pharmacy 1930 Illinois St Sidney, NE 69162 (308) 254-4531 Sidney Police Department 1715 Illinois St Sidney, NE 69162 Western Drug Company 806 Illinois Sidney, NE 69162 (308) 254-2032	Chadron Community Hospital & Health Services 825 Centennial Dr Chadron, NE 69337 (308) 432-0244 Dawes County Sheriff's Office 451 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69162 250 Main Street, Crawford, NE 69339 Petersen Drug Petersen Drug 1310 302 Main St Chadron, NE 69337 (308) 432-2400
Deuel	Garden	Grant
Deuel County Sheriff 200 Pine St, Big Springs, NE 69122	Campbell Drug 311 Main St Oshkosh, NE 69154 (308) 772-3333 Garden County Sheriff's Department 611 Main St. Oshkosh , NE 69154	Grant County Sheriff 105 Harrison St Hyannis, NE 69350 (308) 458-2396
Kimball	Morrill	Scotts Bluff
Bemis Drug Bemis Drug 129 S Chestnut St Kimball, NE 69145 (308) 235-3936 Kimball County Sheriff 114 East 3rd St. Kimball, NE 69145	Bayard Police Department 337 Main St Bayard, NE 69334 Bridgeport Police Department Morrill County Sheriff's Office 113 6th St Bridgeport, NE 69336 Nein Pharmacy 1012 Main St Bridgeport, NE 69336 (308) 262-1070	Gering Police Department 1025 "P" Street Gering, NE 69341 Mitchell Police Department 1280 Center Ave Mitchell, NE 69357 Scotts Bluff Police Department 1801 Ave B Scottsbluff, NE 69361 (308) 630-6261 Scottsbluff Sheriff's Office 1825 10th St # 5 Gering, NE 69341 Walgreens 2540 205 W 27th St Scottsbluff, NE 69361 (308) 635-3296 Gering U-Save Pharmacy 1400 10th St Gering, NE 69341 (308) 436-2181
Sheridan	Sioux
Gordon City Police Department 311 1/2 N Oak Street Gordon, NE 69343 Sheridan County Sheriff's Office 301 East 2nd Rushville, NE 69360 Stockmen's Drug 116 N Main St Gordon, NE 69343 (308) 282-1114	Sioux County Sheriff Department 409 Main St Harrison NE, 69346

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

Panhandle Public Health District

Safe and Legal Medication Disposal

Why Should We Be Concerned?

What Should We Do?

Safe and legal no cost disposal sites across the Panhandle:

Disposal in Household Trash

Panhandle Public Health District