Time: 10:00am-2:00pm

Where: Truckee- Gateway Shopping Center (in the parking lot of Safeway facing Donner Pass Rd.) 11290 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161

Event Description: Free Medication Take Back Day. Drop off unneeded or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications safely, effectively, and anonymously. Please put pills into a zip-lock bag and dispose of empty pill bottles in trash or recycling. Keep liquid medications in the original bottle and black out confidential information and put in zip-lock bag. Unfortunately, electronic vaping devices will no longer be accepted.

The Speedy Foundation will be onsite to educate community members about opioid overdoses and how they can be prevented with naloxone and fentanyl testing strips, which will be available for free.

If you can’t make this event, please utilize free permanent prescription drug bins located at the Truckee Police Department Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm or Washoe County Sheriff’s Office-Incline Station, Monday-Thursday 8am-1pm, 2pm-5pm. Free Medication Take-back Day is a collaborative effort of the Truckee Police Department, Nevada County Public Health, Tahoe Forest Health System, The Speedy Foundation and the DEA.

Contact Email: Devin.Bradley@nevadacountyca.gov

Contact Phone: (530) 550-2309