Starting Monday, January 7, 2019, the Lakeport Police Department will have a safe medication disposal collection site available at our police station at 2025 South Main. The safe medication disposal safe was donated to out agency by the Rite Aid Foundation KidCents Project which is committed to supporting the safety and well-being of children in our communities.
Over the past couple of years, members of our community have asked us for assistance in disposing of unwanted or expired prescription or over the counter medications and this donation assisted us in being able to collect the medication for proper disposal.
The following are examples of what we will accept: All over the counter or prescription medication in pill, tablet or capsule form including schedule II-V controlled and non-controlled substances. Examples of items we will not accept with this program are illegal drugs, needles, liquids, inhalers, or aerosol cans.
The purpose of this program is to keep the community safe by removing unwanted or expired medications from homes or other locations and away from children.
There is no cost for community members to dispose of the described medications at our station and we will not collect information on people disposing of them. We will accept the medications each business day, Monday through Thursday between the hours of 9 AM and 4 PM. Persons bringing in medications will be required to check in with a department staff member so that we can verify that only acceptable items are being placed in the container. Additionally, all medications shall be in their original container, other suitable plastic pill container or sealed zip lock freezer bag. If the prescription medications are in the original container, we do recommend that persons remove their personal information from the label.
