Bring your drugs to the police on Saturday. Go through your cabinets and bring your expired/unwanted meds to the drop-off event. They also accept over-the-counter meds, supplements, and vaping liquid. Help keep these meds out of the wrong hands by participating.
On Saturday, October 29th, 2022 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., the Saline County locations for dropping your prescription medications will be:
- Alexander City Hall & Police Department, Permanent Collection Site, 15605 Alexander Rd, Alexander, AR 72002
- Benton Police Department, Permanent Collection Site, 114 S East St, Benton, AR 72015
- Bryant Family Pharmacy, Permanent Collection Site, 3801 Arkansas Highway 5, Bryant, AR 72022
- Bryant Police Department, Permanent Collection Site, 312 Roya Ln, Bryant, AR 72022
- Haskell City Hall–Haskell Police Department, Permanent Collection Site, 2520 AR-229, Benton, AR 72015
- Hot Springs Village Police Department, Permanent Collection Site, 113 Calella Rd, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
- Hot Springs Village Property Owners Association, Take Back Event Site, 895 DeSoto Blvd, Hot Springs Village, AR 71909
- Saline County Sheriff’s Office, Permanent Collection Site, 735 S Neeley St, Benton, AR 72015
- Walmart (Bryant Police Dept), Take Back Event Site, 400 Bryant Ave., Bryant, AR 72022
- West Side Pharmacy (Benton PD), Permanent Collection Site, 620 W South Street, Benton, AR 72015
For the full statewide list, visit www.artakeback.org/
Other ways to keep drugs safe:
- Monitor – Know where you medications are and how many/much you have at all times.
- Secure – Lock up your medications. Don’t let them end up in the hands of someone you love to abuse them, which could even cost them their life.
- Dispose – The only way to get rid of expired and unneeded medications in an environmentally safe way is to take them to a drug takeback box or drop them off at the event for the Arkansas Drug Take Back Day at any of the 250+ locations across the state. Locations are on the website: https://www.artakeback.org/
take-back/collection-sites/
Never flush medicine and don’t throw them in the trash. Prescription medicines are a toxic waste & pose a danger to people, pets, & the environment if they are not disposed of properly. Medicines flushed or poured down the drain end up in the waterways, affecting our drinking water. A recent study shows that 80% of U.S. streams contain small amounts of human medicines. Sewage systems cannot remove these medicines from water which is released into lakes, rivers, or oceans. Fish & other aquatic animals have shown adverse effects from medicines in the water. Even very small amounts of medicine have been found in drinking water, & recent studies have shown opioids appearing in marine animals in some areas of the U.S.
Pets can also be exposed to toxic medications when they are thrown into the trash. According to the Animal Poison Control Center, 19.7% of pet poisoning calls in 2019 were attributed to over-the-counter medications and 17.2% were attributed to human prescription medications.
The medications collected during the Arkansas Drug Take Back Day will be counted for statistical purposes and the Arkansas National Guard will later transport them to be destroyed at a facility in an environmentally safe manner.
