Altru, Safe Kids Grand Forks, and their community partners will host a Medication take-back event from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3, in the parking lot near Perkins Restaurant, located at 1375 S. Columbia Rd. The Grand Forks Sheriff’s Department will be on-site to take back unused or expired medications, including pills, liquids, creams, ointments, inhalers, patches, and even pet medications. Sharps will be accepted if they are in a solid plastic container.
Staff from Altru Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy will be available to answer questions about safe storage of medications that need to be kept in the home, and Safe Kids will provide free cabinet locks and Poison Center magnets with the toll-free number on them. Thanks to a partnership with Grand Forks Public Health, free medication disposal bags will be available for those who can’t access permanent medication drop-off locations, and free sharps containers will be available to those who use needles and syringes for medication administration. Bring any meds that are expired or no longer needed. All meds can be kept in their original containers, and you just need to drive up and drop them off with event volunteers.
For questions about this event, contact Safe Kids Grand Forks at 701.780.1489.
