Though the spring event was canceled, the fall event will be Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

 

The Sheriff’s Office will accommodate collections at three sites in the county:

Sheriff’s Office Headquarters
200 Jefferson County Parkway
Golden, CO 80401

 

Conifer High School
10441 County Road 73
Conifer, CO 80433

 

Dakota Ridge High School
13399 W Coal Mine Avenue
Littleton, CO 80127

 

You can always drop off medications via our Medication Disposal Drop Boxes at our facilities as well.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office has installed four safe disposal sites for residents to drop off unused or expired household medications. Secure medication drop boxes are now available at the following locations:

Sheriff’s Office Lobby, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden
Jail Lobby, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden
South Precinct, 11139 Bradford Road, Littleton
Mountain Precinct, 4990 County Highway 73, Evergreen

 

Drop boxes are the best option for families and individuals to safely dispose of potentially harmful medications. Prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, and vitamins can be disposed of in the drop box. However, Sharps items, chemotherapy medication, and marijuana products may not be disposed of in drop boxes. Healthcare facility waste is also not permitted.

 

The average American household contains four pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications. Sheriff Jeff Shrader explains “this excess of medications enables opportunities for misuse and abuse, which can have very serious consequences. If medication is taken incorrectly or by people it was not intended for, it could even lead to death.”

 

The Sheriff’s Office obtained its drop boxes through the Colorado Household Medication Take-Back Program, administered by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. Medication collected in the boxes is securely packaged and shipped off-site, where it is converted to renewable energy.

Learn more: https://www.jeffco.us/1068/Drug-Take-Back-Day