The DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, with the chance to dispose of unused or expired medications.

The medications can be brought to a number of Seacoast police departments with no questions asked. Needles, syringes, lancets, or liquids will not be accepted.

The biggest benefit of disposing of them is that it eliminates the possibility of them getting into the wrong hands and potentially onto the street, according to Portsmouth Police Lt. David Keaveny. He also suggested checking with older neighbors for their old medications.

Items that will be accepted include tablets, capsules, and patches of Hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, Vicodin), Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), Tramadol (Ultram), Codeine, Fentanyl (Duragesic), Morphine, Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), and Oxymorphone (Opana). Ointments, lotions, drops, liquid medication (in leak-proof containers), vape cartridges (without batteries), and pet medications will also be accepted.

Portsmouth Police are teaming up with Portsmouth Regional Hospital for their fourth annual Crush the Crisis Opioid Take Back day from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the hospital.

Keaveny said the Portsmouth Police box is available 24 hours a day in the department lobby.

Items that are dropped off are turned over to the DEA to be properly discarded.

Porstmouth Regional Hospital's Crush The Crisis event in 2021
Porstmouth Regional Hospital's Crush The Crisis event in 2021 (Portsmouth Police)
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Seacoast locations include:

  • Amesbury - Police department
  • Atkinson - Police department
  • Barrington - Police department
  • Brentwood - Police department
  • Danville - Police department
  • Dover - Police department
  • Dover - Strafford County Sheriff's Office, 259 County Farm Road
  • Durham (UNH) - Health & Wellness services
  • Durham (UNH) -
  • Epping - Police department
  • Exeter - Police department
  • Farmington - Police department
  • Fremont - Police department
  • Greenland - Police department
  • Hampstead - Police department
  • Hampton - Police department
  • Kingston - Rite Aid on Route 125
  • Lee - Police department
  • Merrimac - Police department
  • Newington - Police department
  • Newmarket - Police department
  • Newton - Police department
  • North Berwick - Police department
  • North Hampton - Police department
  • Nottingham - Police department
  • Plaistow - Police department lobby
  • Portsmouth - Police department
  • Portsmouth - Portsmouth Regional Hospital
  • Raymond - Police department
  • Raymond - Hannaford on Freetown Road
  • Rochester - Police department
  • Salisbury - Police department
  • Sanford - Police department
  • Seabrook - Police department
  • Somersworth - Police department
  • South Berwick - Community Center
  • Stratham - Police department
  • York - Police department
  • York County - Sheriff's Office

Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNH

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