Permanent Medication Drop Box Locations in Northeast Missouri
Adair County
Adair County Sheriff's Department
215 N. Franklin Street
Kirksville, MO 63501Monday – Friday
(excluding county holidays)
8:00 am - 5:00 pmClark County
Clark County Sheriff’s Office
518 N. Lincoln St.
Kahoka, MO 63445Knox County
Edina Police Department
208 Monticello
Edina, MO 63537Monday - Friday
8:00 am – 4:00 pmLewis County
Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
107 Washington St.
Monticello, MO 63457Linn County
Linn County Sheriff’s Office
115 East Jackson St.
Linneus, MO 64653
Macon County
LaPlata City Hall
101 S. Gex St.
LaPlata, MO 63549Macon County Sheriff’s Office
101 W. Sheridan St.
Macon, MO 63552Marion County
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
1703 Marion City Rd.
Palmyra, MO 63461Putnam County
Putnam County Sheriff's Office
1601 Main St.
Unionville, MO 63565Schuyler County
Schuyler County Sheriff's Department
110 Washington St
Lancaster, MO 63548Scotland County
Scotland County Sheriff’s Office
117 S. Market St. #3
Memphis, MO 63555Shelby County
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
100 E. Main St.
Shelbyville, MO 63469
According to the FDA, you can safely dispose of medicines from home. You can use the United State Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)-authorized collectors or the medicine take-back programs to safely dispose of all medicines. In the absence of all these options, the FDA supports the safe disposal of unneeded opioid drugs in their household trash.
Medication Collectors
DEA-authorized collectors will come around and securely and safely collect and dispose of opioids, pharmaceutical controlled substances, and several other prescription drugs. There are different places you can find these people in your community – they can be present in the hospitals, clinic pharmacies, retail pharmacies, or law enforcement locations. You may also collect mail-back envelopes from these pharmacies; you can safely dispose of the unused opioid medicines and send it to them through the U.S. Mail.
Home Medication Disposal
If mail back or take-back program is not available in your area, you can safely dispose of your expired or unused opioid drugs in your household trash. To do this, mix the medicines with an unpalatable substance like used coffee grounds, dirt, or kitty litter. Please, do not crush capsules or tablets when mixing them. Now, put the mixture in a container like a sealable or zip-top plastic bag and throw the container with the content in your household trash. However, before you throw out empty medicine packaging or empty pill bottle, make sure you scratch out all personal information and the usage prescription written on the prescription label to make it unreadable.
However, some prescription medicines come with controlled substances that can only be used by the patient and can be harmful to any other person other than the patient. In this case, it may be hard to throw such opioid drugs in the trash because any kid or pet can accidentally take it from there. In the absence of the drug take-back program or DEA-authorized collector, FDA recommends that you flush these drugs in your toilet.
Contact the Adair County Health Department for free DisposeRX packets for easy at home disposal!