SAN ANTONIO — KENS Cares wants your help to Crush The Crisis by turning in unneeded medication for safe disposal.
On Saturday, October 28, community members are invited to safely dispose of their unused or expired medications during Drug Take-Back Day.
Keeping drugs in the home, especially opioids, can make them vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by loved ones and visitors, including children and teens.
Drug Take-Back Day encourages the public to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication misuse, overdoses, and even opioid addiction from ever starting.
Various Methodist Healthcare locations throughout the city will accept medications on Saturday, October 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MEDICATION DROP-OFF LOCATIONS:
- Methodist ER | Legacy Trails – 9211 Potranco Road, San Antonio, TX 78251
- Methodist ER | Alamo Heights – 250 E. Basse Road, San Antonio, TX 78209
- Methodist ER | City Base – 3154 S.E. Military Drive #103, San Antonio, TX 78223
- Methodist ER | Nacogdoches – 13434 Nacogdoches Road, San Antonio, TX 78217
- CareNow Urgent Care – 14775 I-35 Frontage Road, Selma, TX 78154
- CareNow Urgent Care | Stone Oak – 20780 U.S. 281, San Antonio, TX 78258
- CareNow Urgent Care – 160 Creekside Way, Suite 602, New Braunfels, TX 78130
- Gillespie County Law Enforcement Center – 1601 E. Main St., Fredericksburg, TX 78624
ACCEPTED ITEMS:
Any over-the-counter and prescribed tablets, capsules, patches, medicated ointments, lotions, drops, liquid medications (in leak-proof containers), vape cartridges (without batteries) and pet medications.
NON-ACCEPTED ITEMS:
Needles, syringes, lancets, inhalers and illegal drugs.
To learn more, visit SAHealth.com/CrushTheCrisis. Let’s work together to Crush the Crisis!
This important message is provided by KENS 5 and our sponsors, Methodist Healthcare and Raising Cane’s. When it comes to community, KENS Cares!