{"id":2568,"date":"2026-04-17T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:23:26","slug":"local-agencies-offer-drug-take-back-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/local-agencies-offer-drug-take-back-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Agencies Offer Drug Take-Back Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Safely Dispose of Unwanted Medications During One-Day Event April 25&nbsp; <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>            Area residents can safely dispose of unused and expired medications on Saturday, April 25 at two, one-day drug take-back locations within the Region D Recycling and Solid Waste Management District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Buchanan County Sheriff and St. Joseph Police Departments, in cooperation with Youth Alliance Partners for Prevention, will offer a drug take-back event at the west East Hills Parking Lot from 10 am to 2 pm on April 25. Controlled, non-controlled, and over-the-counter substances and sharps (needles and syringes), will be collected for safe disposal at the St. Joseph location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Gower Police Department will also be collecting unwanted medications from 10 am to 2 pm on April 25 at 97 N. 4<sup>th<\/sup> Street, Gower, MO 64454. No liquids, sharps, or inhalants will be accepted at the take-back event in Gower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Both sites are being offered in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency\u2019s National Prescription Take Back Day, which hosts a website with resources and a collection site locator for one-day events happening across the country: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/takebackday\">https:\/\/www.dea.gov\/takebackday<\/a>. In October 2025, 286 tons of unwanted medications were collected through the nationwide, one-day take-back event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThese semi-annual take-back events present an opportunity and reminder that medications can be harmful to our environment and should be disposed of accordingly,\u201d said Hayley Howard, Region D coordinator. \u201cProperly disposing of medication is a simple way for area residents to help keep their communities safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There are other options for those who can\u2019t make the April 25 event. For a listing of local businesses that take unwanted medications year-round, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/pubdispsearch\/spring\/main?execution=e2s1\">https:\/\/apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov\/pubdispsearch\/spring\/main?execution=e2s1<\/a>. The Andrew, Buchanan and Clinton County Sheriff\u2019s offices all have unwanted medication collection boxes in their lobbies that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safely Dispose of Unwanted Medications During One-Day Event April 25&nbsp; Area residents can safely dispose of unused and expired medications on Saturday, April 25 at two, one-day drug take-back locations within the Region D Recycling and Solid Waste Management District. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Buchanan County Sheriff and St. Joseph Police Departments, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions\/2570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiondrecycling.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}