Selling a House?
Open houses and home tours are often targeted by drug dealers. It is important to properly secure or dispose of your prescription drugs. Properly securing prescription drugs by locking them away in a safe, removing them from the home completely, or properly disposing of expired medications usin g a D.U.M.P. collection site or drug deactivation system will go a long way in keeping your neighborhood safe.
Join us in the fight against prescription drug misuse.
- Talk to your prescribers and pharmacists about the medicines you receive and keep an inventory of medications you have.
- Properly dispose of any unused or expired medications using a drug deactivation system or a drug disposal box.
- Store prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines in secure places such as lock boxes, medication safes or in other lockable and secure containers. Avoid easily accessible places such as drawers, nightstands, and cabinets.
- Work with others in your community to eliminate precription drug misuse.