Places to return unneeded medication in WKRG News 5 coverage area

Olivia Wilson
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — April 27 is the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Drug Takeback Day in an effort to address the drug overdose epidemic in the United States.

The DEA’s law enforcement partners will host their next takeback from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a news release from DEA’s New Orleans Division, which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

To encourage “the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting,” many agencies and organizations help out by offering locations where people can drop off unneeded medication.

Here are the places in WKRG News 5’s coverage area where you can dispose of medication:

  • Fairhope: Homestead V village (924 Plantation Boulevard)

  • Mobile County Sheriff’s Office

  • Costco (1450 Tingle Circle East)

  • CVS (1401 Hillcrest Road)

  • CVS Pharmacy  (#4888 4453 Old Shell Road)

  • Walgreens (5530 Three Notch Road)

  • Walgreens Pharmacy (#15151 5705 Cottage Hill Road)

  • Mobile Police Department (2460 Government Street)

  • Monroeville police department (49 South Mount Pleasant Avenue)

  • Orange Beach Police Department (4480 Orange Beach Blvd)

  • Thomasville Police Department (137 Adams Avenue)

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