CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — National Drug Take Back Day is on Saturday, April 22, and lots of places in West Virginia are accepting old prescriptions from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Here’s a breakdown of locations in north central West Virginia’s major cities. If you don’t see a drop-off location near you, you can search for your ZIP code on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration website.
Area | Location | |
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Clarksburg | Walgreens on Rosebud Avenue | |
Clarksburg | Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center | |
Clarksburg | City Hall | |
Clarksburg | Walmart – East Point Shopping Center | |
Bridgeport | Bridgeport Police Department | |
Fairmont | Fairmont Police Department Public Safety Building | |
Doddridge County | Doddridge County Sheriff’s Department | |
Doddridge County | West Virginia State Police West Union | |
Morgantown | SAM’s Club Pharmacy on University Town Centre Drive (Granville PD) | |
Morgantown | Pierpont Landing Pharmacy | |
Morgantown | Kroger at Suncrest Town Centre | |
Morgantown | The Village at Heritage Point off J.D. Anderson Drive | |
Morgantown | Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department | |
Morgantown | Mon Health Medical Center | |
Braxton County | Braxton County Courthouse | |
Pocahontas County | Pocahontas County Sheriff’s Office |
Some pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS have safe medication disposal boxes that are operational year-round. While not all CVS and Walgreens locations have a box, according to CVS’s website, all stories without a box now offer DiposeRx at no cost to patients filling an opioid prescription, and Walgreens’ website says that DisposeRx packets are available by request.