Since 2017, the CU Boulder Police Department has hosted a drug take-back box in the main floor lobby of the Parking Services and Police Department building at 1050 Regent Drive. The dropbox is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
According to the听, the average American household has four pounds of prescription and over-the-counter medications.
Research shows that almost 38 percent of teens who abuse prescription drugs find them in their parents鈥� medicine cabinet. Safely disposing of unwanted or expired medications helps to reduce drug abuse as well as preventing them from harming water quality and the environment.
In our medication take-back dropbox, we are able to take back over-the-counter and prescription medications with these exceptions:
- No听needles or sharps
- No听mercury (thermometers)
- No听oxygen cylinders or pressurized canisters
- No听chemotherapy or radioactive substances
- No听illicit drugs
In addition to this service, CUPD and CU Health Promotion will be hosting a mobile take-back program on March 13. This event will be held on the sidewalk near the west side of Fiske Planetarium from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Or, you can drop off your medications by vehicle at the passenger/loading zone on the south side of Fiske.
