PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPOSAL
GOLDEN SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD MANY INQUIRES REGARDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISPOSAL. GOLDEN SHORES FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT ACCEPT PRESCRIPTION DRUGS FOR DISPOSAL HOWEVER; BULLHEAD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES A FREE PRESCRIPTION DROP-OFF SLOT AND IS LOCATED ON THE COUNTER IN THE BULLHEAD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY LOCATED AT 1255 MARINA BOULEVARD. THE DROP-OFF SLOT IS ACCESSIBLE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS, MONDAY – FRIDAY, 8 AM TO 5 PM.
DISCARDING MEDICATION RESPONSIBLY PROTECTS OUR WATERWAYS, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR NEIGHBORS. IT ALSO DECREASES THE ACCESS TO UNWANTED OR EXPIRED MEDICATION. BY USING THE POLICE FACILITY AS A DROP-OFF LOCATION, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES CAN BE DEPOSITED SAFELY AND DESTROYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THIS PROTECTS PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT BY REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL RISK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
CITIZENS ARE URGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CONVENIENT SERVICE WHICH HAS ELIMINATED OBSTACLES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROPERTY DISPOSE OF THEIR MEDICATIONS. UNUSED MEDICATIONS/DRUGS MAY BE PLACED IN THE COLLECTION BOX ANONYMOUSLY. “ALL PILLS MUST BE PLACED IN A ZIP LOC BAGGIE, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE COUNTER FREE OF CHARGE. MEDICATION IN A BLISTER PACK MAY BE LEFT IN THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING. PLEASE REMOVE OR BLACK OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION ON PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES BEFORE PUTTING THEM IN THE TRASH, ONCE THEY’VE BEEN EMPTIED INTO A PROVIDED ZIP LOC BAGGIE. ONCE MEDICATION HAS BEEN DEPOSITED INTO THE COLLECTION BOX, IT WILL BE DESTROYED AS ALL DRUGS WILL BE RECEIVED AS ABANDONED PROPERTY.”
ACCEPTABLE ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: ALL EXPIRED OR UNWANTED PRESCRIPTION AND OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS. UNACCEPTABLE ITEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: SYRINGES/INJECTIBLES, INTRA-VENOUS SOLUTIONS, INHALERS, AND LIQUID PRODUCTS, SUCH AS COUGH SYRUP, ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES SUCH AS MARIJUANA OR METHAMPHETAMINES.
IF YOU SHOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT BULLHEAD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 928-763-9200 EXTENSION 204 OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.BULLHEADCITY.COM.