Save the Date: Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Set for April 22

4/13/2023

Unused or expired prescription medications are a public safety issue, leading to accidental poisoning, overdose and abuse. A prescription drug take-back event is scheduled for residents to properly dispose of unwanted medications and prescription drugs on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at several Tulsa area locations: 

• The M.e.t. Recycling Center, 3495 S. Sheridan Road 
• Tulsa Drillers (main gate), 201 N. Elgin Ave. 
• Crime Stoppers at Promenade Mall (northwest parking lot), 4107 S. Yale Ave. 
• Elks Lodge Tulsa, 5335 S. Harvard Ave. 
• Reasor’s, 3915 S. Peoria Ave.  
• Reasor’s (sharps site), 7114 S. Sheridan Road 
• Reasor’s, 11815 E. 86^th St. North, Owasso 
• Walmart Neighborhood Market, 3116 S. Garnett Road 
• Walmart Neighborhood Market, 4720 E. 21^st St. 
• Walmart Neighborhood Market, 1300 E. Albany St., Broken Arrow 
• Walgreens, 210 S. Elm St., Jenks 
• Walgreens, 15111 S. Memorial Drive, Bixby 
• Sand Springs Police Department, 602 W. Morrow Road 

For more information, call (918) 595-4475.  

It is best to properly dispose of medications and not flush them down toilets. Wastewater treatment plants are not designed to remove chemicals found in many medications, and these chemicals could discharge into streams if medications aren’t disposed of properly. 

The City of Tulsa has joined with other sponsoring organizations for this event: Tulsa Health Department, Tulsa County, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Coalition Against Prescription and Substance Abuse of Tulsa, Oklahoma Harm Reduction Alliance, Metropolitan Environmental Trust, Elks Tulsa Lodge, Tulsa Drillers, Nathan Hale Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps, Tulsa Area Safe Kids, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Reasor’s, Walgreens, Walmart Pharmacy, Think Smart OK, Covanta, Sand Springs Police, Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, City of Owasso Police, City of Jenks Police, and Eastern Oklahoma 2-1-1. 

Unwanted prescription drugs are accepted at Tulsa Police Division headquarters and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s office any time of the year. Locations and hours include: 

• Tulsa Police Gilcrease Division, 3436 N. Delaware Ave., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
• Tulsa Police Mingo Valley Division, 10122 E. 11th St., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
• Tulsa Police Riverside Division, 7515 S. Riverside Drive, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
• Tulsa County Sheriff, 303 W. First St., 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.