Wake County Medicine Drop Box

Drug Drop OffThe average North Carolinian fills 17 prescriptions annually and studies show that as much as 40% of the drugs dispensed are never used.

Abuses of unused and/or expired prescription medications is a public health issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose and abuse as well as protect our water system. Poisoning is the number-one cause of injury-related deaths in the United States. The latest statistics show that the number of unintentional poisoning deaths in North Carolina increased more than 320 percent, from 279 deaths in 1999 to 1,178 deaths in 2014.

Since 1999, 91% of all unintentional poisonings were caused by prescription or over-the-counter medications (Source: N.C. Injury & Violence Prevention Branch).

If trends continue, unintentional poisoning deaths will surpass motor vehicle deaths as the leading cause of injury deaths in North Carolina by 2017.

Wake County residents are encouraged to protect their families by safely disposing of unused and/or expired medications at any of the 11 permanent medication
take-back boxes in Wake County

Medicine Take-Back Box Locations

  • Wake County Human Services Public Health Center
    10 Sunnybrook Road, Raleigh
    919-250-4553
    Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 8 pm, Saturday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Apex Police Department
    205 Saunders St., Apex
    919-362-8661
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Morrisville Police Department
    260 C Town Hall Drive, Morrisville
    919-463-1600
    Monday – Friday, 9 am – 5 pm
  • Wake County Sheriff’s Office (Lobby)
    330 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh
    919-856-6900
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Cary Police Department
    120 Wilkinson Ave., Cary
    919-469-4012
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Wake Forest Police Substation
    221 S. Brooks St., Wake Forest
    919-554-6150
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Wake County Law Enforcement Training Center (Operated by Sheriff’s Office)
    2300 Law Enforcement Drive, Raleigh
    919-856-6900
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Fuquay-Varina Police Department
    919-552-3191
    114 N. Main St., Fuquay-Varina
    24/7
  • Garner Police Department
    912 7th Ave.,Garner
    919-772-8810
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm
  • Holly Park Pharmacy
    3058 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh
    919-865-9993
    Monday – Friday, 8 am – 5 pm, Saturday 10 am – 1 pm
  • Holly Springs Police Department
    750 Holly Springs Road, Holly Springs
    919-557-9111
    24/7

Does not accept liquids or needles (unless otherwise stated)

See more at wakecountygov.com

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