Drug Take-Back Initiative 04-22-13

Hawaiʻi Police Department
Office of the Chief
Harry S. Kubojiri
Phone 961-2244

Media Release

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is encouraging the public to participate in a nationwide prescription drug take-back initiative being sponsored in Hawaiʻi by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the state Department of the Attorney General and the Department of Public Safety.

On Saturday, April 27, members of the public may turn in unused, unneeded or expired prescription medications between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the following collection sites for safe, anonymous disposal:

  • Army Aviation Support Facility
    (adjacent to Civil Air Patrol)
    1095 Kekūanāoʻa St.
    Hilo
  • Kona police station parking lot
    74-611 Hale Makaʻi Place
    Kailua-Kona

Tablets, capsules and all other solid dosage forms will be accepted. Intravenous solutions, injectables and syringes will not be accepted.

Illicit substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are not a part of this initiative.

Having unused and expired medicine in your home increases the risk of prescription drug abuse and accidental poisoning. Proper disposal also helps reduce the risk of prescription drugs entering a human water supply or potentially harming aquatic life.

For more information about the drug take-back program, visit https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html.


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