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Keep you and your loved ones safe
What is Safe Storage and Disposal?
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Storing your medicines properly can help to ensure they work as they should as well as prevent poisoning accidents. How to take care of your medicine.
- Most people who misuse prescription drugs get them from family, friends, and acquaintances. Get tips on how to keep your loved ones safe. Get Smart about Drugs
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Keep medicine Up and Away and out of sight of children Up and Away Campaign
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Dispose of unwanted or expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs safely
Why should I care about safe disposal?
Disposing properly of unused medication will reduce accidental poisonings and limit environmental harm.
Medical Disposal Myth and Facts
How to Properly Dispose of your Unused Medicine
Where can I find locations near me?
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Year-round collection sites updated on Napa Recycling (see list below)
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Check out Safeway pharmacy and participating Walgreens and CVS
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Also listed on the DEA's Diversion Control Division
What is National Drug Take Back?
The DEA is committed to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse and opioid addiction from ever starting.
Every year (October) Napa City and Napa County Sheriff's Office have multiple drop off locations to encourage the public to dispose of unwanted, unused, or expired medications.
Updated list from NapaRecycling.com
Please remember to remove all personal information from medications before dropping off.
For drop-off of non-controlled substances/medications:
Hazardous Waste Collection Facility
889A Devlin Road, American Canyon | 1-800-984-9661 | Open Fri & Sat, 9am-4pm
For drop-off of narcotics (controlled) and other non-controlled substances/medications:
Safeway, 3375 Jefferson St, Napa | (707) 225-3037
Safeway, 103 American Canyon Rd, American Canyon | (707) 649-5150
Kaiser Permanente Napa Pharmacy, 3285 Claremont Way, Napa | (707)258-4440
CVS, 675 Trancas St, Napa | (707) 252-2844
CVS, 1312 Trancas St, Napa | (707) 253-7918
Rite Aid, 1203 West Imola Ave, Napa| (707) 255-4218
Napa County Sheriff’s Office (lower lobby), 1535 Airport Blvd, Napa | (707) 253-4256 | Open Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm (except holidays)
American Canyon Police Department (front lobby), 911 Donaldson Way E, American Canyon | (707) 551-0600 | Open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm (except holidays)
Yountville Sheriff Station, 1950 Mulberry St, Yountville | (707) 944-9228 (Use call box at front door for access)
St. Helena Police Station, 1088 College Ave, St. Helena | (707) 967-2850
Calistoga Police Station, 1235 Washington St, Calistoga | 707-942-2810