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Arkansas Take Back is a statewide initiative launched in 2010 to help families safely monitor and dispose of unused prescription medications. With over 275 permanent collection sites, the program aims to prevent drug misuse, protect the environment, and enhance community safety through proper medication disposal.

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Find a Dropoff Site

Arkansas Drug Take Back drop-off boxes are available to the public around the state year-round at places such as pharmacies and law enforcement agencies, where unused and expired medications can be anonymously deposited into secure Take Back boxes.

Additionally, each spring and fall, local law enforcement agencies host secure, anonymous and, often, drive-thru collection events at sites across the community.

Use the map below to find an Arkansas Drug Take Back drop-off site near you.

Permanent sites are in red, and Event sites are in blue.

Arkansas Drug Take Back

Twice each year, hundreds of grassroots Arkansas Take Back collection drives are hosted in communities across Arkansas by local law enforcement agencies. The collection drives enable residents to anonymously drop off unused and expired medications and prescriptions for proper and safe disposal.

Many law enforcement offices, police stations, sheriffs’ offices and pharmacies also house secure and permanent Take Back collection boxes year-round where anyone can anonymously dispose of medications, prescriptions and illicit drugs. 

Monitor • Secure • Dispose

Do

  • Place prescriptions in a safe, locked container
  • Record the time and dosage when you take or administer medication
  • Ask your doctor how to safely take your medications
  • Talk to your doctor about managing pain
  • Be prepared for appointments with your physician
  • Dispose of unneeded prescriptions in a Take Back box
  • Keep naloxone with you, especially if you are currently taking opioids for pain management
  • Reach out to a trusted healthcare professional if you have a dependency on or are concerned about having a dependency on opioids
  • Recognize that substance misuse and abuse is a disease and shouldn’t be stigmatized
  • Look out for your friends, family and colleagues who may be struggling with pain, grief, stressors and depression

Do Not

  • Take more than what is prescribed and as directed
  • Assume your family members are educated about opioids
  • Keep medication in unsecure locations or accessible on countertops for others – including pets – to accidentally ingest. (Prescription and OTC medications are one of the most common causes of pet poisonings.)
  • Forget to clean up spilled medication
  • Throw medication in the trash
  • Dump medication down the sink
  • Flush medication down the toilet. Water treatment plants are not able to remove medications from our water supply.
  • Forget to record dosage
  • Assume older adults and their caregivers understand all the side effects of opioids
  • Stigmatize substance misuse and abuse

Monitor

Keep track of your prescriptions and only take them according to the instructions

Secure

Store prescriptions in a safe place at home and work; do not share medications with others

Dispose

Discard unused medications at a Take Back collection site; do not flush medications or throw them in the trash

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