For Immediate Release: Free Prescription Medication Take-back Day, 04/26/2025

Time: 10:00am-2:00pm

Where: Nevada County Locations:

• Grass Valley: Hosted at the Grass Valley Police Department 10am-2pm (on the corner Neal St and South Auburn St.) 129 South Auburn St. Grass Valley, CA 95945

• Nevada City: Hosted at the Nevada County Sherriff’s Office 10am-2pm at the Eric Rood W. Rood Government Center 950 Maidu Avenue, Nevada City, CA 95959

• Truckee: Hosted by Truckee Police Department 10am-2pm at Gateway Shopping Center (in the parking lot of Safeway facing Donner Pass Rd.) 11290 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA 96161

Event Description:

Most of us have a leftover bottle of prescription medication in our medicine cabinet that we no longer need or is expired. But few of us know what to properly do with prescription drugs once we no longer need them (here's a hint: don't flush them or throw them in the trash!). Drop off unneeded or expired prescription medications safely, effectively, and anonymously. Please put pills into a zip-lock bag and dispose of empty pill bottles in trash or recycling. Keep liquid medications in the original bottle and black out confidential information and put in zip-lock bag.

Free Medication Take-back Day is a collaborative effort of the Truckee Police Department, Grass Valley Police Department, Nevada County Sherriff’s Office, Nevada County Public Health, Tahoe Forest Health System, The Speedy Foundation and the DEA. For more information about the event and other resources and medical disposal locations in the community resource visit Prescription Drug Take Back web page.