Got drugs you need to safely dispose of?

On Saturday, Oct. 27 between 10 am and 2 pm, you'll have three locations within Jefferson County to do so as well as others across the area for Drug Take Back Day.

Twice a year the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office joins law enforcement agencies nationwide to remove potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets.

The Drug Take-Back Day provides an opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications for destruction. These drugs are a potential source of supply for illegal use and an unacceptable risk to public health and safety.

This one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse.
• The program is anonymous.
• Prescription and over-the-counter solid dosage medications, (tablets and capsules) are accepted.
• Intravenous solutions, injectables, needles and oxygen containers will not be accepted.
• Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.
• The prescriptions should be removed from the original containers and placed in a plastic bag prior to drop off.

The Sheriff's Office will accommodate collections at three sites in the county:
*Sheriff's Office Headquarters (200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO)
*Conifer High School (10441 County Road 73, Conifer, CO)
*Dakota Ridge High School (13399 W. Coal Mine Ave., Littleton, CO)

A MedReturn Drug Collection Unit is available at the Jefferson Center for Mental Health south entrance on the second floor (9485 West Colfax Ave.) Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. At this location unwanted, unused and expired household medications, including prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs are accepted. For more information call 303-432-5925.