The Huntingdon Borough Police Department provides and monitors two locations for year round prescription drop-off sites.
Those sites are located at:
Huntingdon Borough Police Department (maps link)
530 Washington Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
24/7
Weis Markets (maps link)
611 15th Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
(During operating hours)
The MedReturn Box provides a safe, convenient, responsible and confidential way to dispose of prescription drugs.
Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the United States are alarmingly high, as are accidental poisonings and overdoses. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including the home medicine cabinet.
In addition, Americans are advised that the usual methods for disposing of unused medicines—flushing them down the toilet or throwing them in the trash—pose potential safety and health hazards.
Residents are encouraged to bring their old or unused prescription medicine bottles to one of the two MedReturn collection sites listed above
The collected medications are periodically collected and transported to a site where they will be incinerated.
To protect your identity, always remove prescription labels from bottles or use a black marker to scratch out all identifying information before depositing the containers in the MedReturn box.
How to prepare items for disposal:
- All prescribed medications to be disposed of should be contained inside their original bottle or placed inside a small sealed container (i.e. plastic bottle) or zip-lock bag
- Personal information should be removed or marked out with a permanent marker
Items that DEA regulations allow to be disposed of: Each take-back location has the right to determine what items they will accept in their box.
- Over-the-counter medications
- Prescription medications
- Prescription patches
- Prescription ointments
- Vitamins
- Pet medicines
You may NOT drop off:
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Compressed cylinders or aerosols (e.g., asthma inhalers)
- Iodine-containing medications
- Thermometers
- Alcohol & illicit drugs (i.e. marijuana, heroin, LSD, etc.)
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