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St. Charles Health System is hosting a medication take-back event on Saturday, October 26 from 10am to 2pm on its St. Charles Bend hospital campus at 2600 NE Neff Road.
The take-back event is intended to help households dispose of medications that could be ingested by someone other than the person for whom they were prescribed and to prevent medications from ending up in the water table.
In 2018, the inaugural year of this event, St. Charles collected more than 280 pounds of medication.
No questions will be asked. Individuals can drive through the parking lot and drop off medications right from their car window. Bend police officers will accept the medications, then give them to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to dispose of safely.
Any medications will be accepted. Liquids, pills, powders, patches, creams, prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines can be dropped off.
Representatives from St. Charles pharmacy will also be onsite to answer questions.
