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Your community may have permanent drug disposal boxes at the following locations: Police departments. Pharmacies, including independent and chains. Fire stations. Hospitals. Municipal buildings.

Some Walgreens and CVS locations offer medical disposal kiosks, but there is no universal system in place. You might also consider asking your local pharmacy to invest in a drop-off or recycling program.

Expired and unused medications are best disposed of through a take-back program, according to the FDA. You can check with your local pharmacy about its on-site drop-off programs or mail-back programs to safely dispose of your unused medications.

Walmart and Sam's Club expanding options to help customers safely dispose of unused, unwanted and expired medication throughout the year.

In your community, authorized collection sites may be retail, hospital, or clinic pharmacies; and/or law enforcement facilities. These collection sites may offer on-site medicine drop-off boxes; mail back programs; or other in-home disposal methods to assist you in safely disposing of your unused or expired medicines.

Bring unwanted and expired medicines to one of San Francisco's 45 medicine drop-off locations. You can also visit any San Francisco Public Library or Fire Station to pick up a free, prepaid envelope to mail in your medicine for proper disposal.

' Walgreens safe medication disposal kiosks provide a convenient way to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired medication at no cost, year-round. Kiosks are available during regular pharmacy hours and offer one of the best ways to ensure medications are not accidentally used or intentionally misused by someone else.