The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office will be taking unwanted or expired medication on Friday, December 14th. Deputies will be collecting medication from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Augusta at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. Deputies will be outside of the main entrance of the hospital. The drug take back event will be at:
Doctors Hospital
3651 Wheeler Rd, Augusta, GA 30909
From 8:30 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
You are invited to bring your unused, unwanted or expired medications to this event in order to dispose of them safely and prevent them from posing future hazards.
The Prescription Drug Take Back event helps keep old pills from being abused.
Read more here: Prescription Drug Take Back In Augusta, Georgia
The DEA and Google both provide locators to find your nearest prescription drug take back locations.
Check out The DEA and Google pages below. They contain tools and more info on the ever growing efforts to help people properly dispose of their unused prescription drugs. This is certainly part of the bigger plan to help end the opioid crisis.
DEA’s Prescription Drug Take Back Location Tool
Google’s Prescription Drug Take Back Location Tool
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