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How Do I dispose of .......
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Prescription Drug Disposal:
Lee County Sheriff's Office provides prescription drug drop-off boxes
Prescription drugs such as prescription pills, capsules, creams, patches, properly sealed liquids, and inhalers may be taken to Lee County Sheriff's Office prescription drug drop-off boxes Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the below listed locations. NO SYRINGES! Syringes must be taken in an approved Sharps container to the local Fire Department in your area or to the Health Department.
Sheriff's Office Headquarters
14750 Ben C. Pratt Six-Mile Cypress Parkway
Fort Myers, FL 33912
(239) 477-1000
Alpha District Office
121 Pondella Road
North Fort Myers, FL 33903
(239) 477-1810
Bravo District Office
1301 Homestead Road
Lehigh Acres, FL 33936
(239) 477-1820
Charlie District Office
15650 Pine Ridge Road
Fort Myers, FL 33908
(239) 477-1830
Delta District Office
8951 Bonita Beach Road
Springs Plaza, Suite 565
Bonita Springs, FL 34135
(239) 477-1840
Echo District Office
12995 S. Cleveland Avenue
Suite 171 (Pinebrook Plaza)
Fort Myers, FL 33907
(239) 477-1850
Aug. 16 -- CVS pharmacy announced that all 7,200 of its locations now offer the Sharps Compliance Inc. medication disposal system, which allows customers to dispose unused or expired medication.
The postage-paid envelopes cost $3.99 each and allow customers to mail their unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications to Sharp Compliance's Texas facility for disposal. The system was previously in many CVS pharmacy locations, but it has now been expanded to all facilities.
Controlled substances are excluded from the program.
Since the program was launched by Sharps, the company has collected and incinerated more than 123,000 pounds of medication, most of which has been collected in the last 10 months when some pharmacies signed on to the program.
In addition to CVS, Walgreens, Kroger and Rite-Aide have teamed with the company.
last edited 8/16/2011
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