Medicine Drops

Don’t flush unwanted medicines down the toilet! Sewage systems cannot remove medicines from water. Dispose of them safely during Operation Medicine Drop or at the drop boxes in Winston-Salem and Kernersville. You’ll also make your house safer by preventing accidental poisonings and drug abuse.

CLEMMONS DRIVE-THRU MEDICINE DROP

Clemmons Operation Medicine Drop
Monday March 18 10am – 1pm
Clemmons Fire Department
5931 James St.
Clemmons, NC 27012

Residents can dispose of expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs and over the counter medications – NO QUESTIONS ASKED – during Operation Medicine Drop at the Clemmons Fire Station 14 on James Street with the help from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and Inmar Intelligence. Please remain in your vehicle. This will be a drive-thru service. Only pills can be accepted. This is for household only!

KERNERSVILLE drive-thru medicine drop

Tuesday, March 19 from 10am-1pm
Kernersville Special Operations Division
133 S Main St
Kernersville, NC 27284

Residents can dispose of expired, unwanted or unused prescription drugs and over the counter medications – NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Medicine in the trash can get into our waterways, hurt aquatic critters and contaminate drinking water. Kernersville Police Department will accept pills.

KERNERSVILLE PILL DROP at the Police Department

Stockton Law Enforcement Center
134 East Mountain Street
Kernersville, NC 27284

During Creek Week the Kernersville Police Department is making its 24-hour pill drop box available. NOTE: Only pills can be accepted. NO LIQUIDS, SHARPS, CREAMS OR INHALANTS.  
1. Transfer pills from bottles or packaging into quart sized plastic bags.
2. Deposit bag in drop box and close lid completely to ensure contents are fully deposited.
3. Dispose of bottles and packaging with household trash or recycling. Any bottles and packaging found in the pill collection box will not be incinerated and will be discarded or recycled.

WINSTON-SALEM PILL DROP

March 20 - 24, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The Winston-Salem Police Department has drop boxes for expired and unwanted prescription pills. No other forms of medication, such as liquids, gels, syringes or aerosol products, can be accepted.  The drop boxes are for households only. Pills from businesses, health care facilities, long-term care facilities, pharmaceutical representatives, pharmacies, doctor offices and veterinary clinics will not be accepted. Citizens should check in with the officer at the front desk first for instructions before getting started.

Drop boxes are located at:

Vivian H. Burke Public Safety Center Lobby
725 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem MAP

District 1 Police Station
7836 North Point Blvd., Winston-Salem MAP

District 2 Police Station
1539 Waughtown St., Winston-Salem MAP

District 3 Police Station
2393 Winterhaven Lane, Winston-Salem MAP