drug safety initiatives

drop box locations

Yancey County Sheriff’s Office
Main Entrance
828.682.2124
24 hours/ 7 days per week

Burnsville Town Hall
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm

Prescription Pad of Burnsville
Prescription Drop Off area
828.678.3914
Mon-Fri 8:00am-7:00pm
Sat 8:00am-4:00pm
Sun 10:00am-3:00pm

Mitchell County Sheriff’s Office
Main Entrance
828.688.3982
Mon-Fri 8:00am- 7:00pm

Spruce Pine Police Department
828.688.9974
8:00am-5:00pm

medication drop boxes

Safely dispose of unused medication at one of 5 permanent drug drop boxes. We encourage you to leave medication in the original prescription bottle for the purpose of identifying the type of medication (please MARK OUT personal information on the label).

medication take back days

Each year, the Mitchell-Yancey Prevention and Recovery Coalition (MYPRC) collaborates with local law enforcement, local pharmacies and pharmacists, and task force volunteers to collect unwanted/unused prescription medication from community members. Over 500,000 pills were collected from 2010 to 2013, and 466 additional pounds of drugs were collected from 2014-2016. Stay tuned for more information about this year’s event!

naloxone

As many are aware, fentanyl and opioids continue to be a widespread concern, including Yancey and Mitchell counties. Naloxone is a fast acting overdose reversal tool. While MYPRC works to have naloxone available to distribute throughout the community, direct communication with Hill Brown, Southern Director for Faith in Harm Reduction (hill@faithinharmreduction.org) is a reliable resource to access free naloxone.

medication lock boxes & disposal systems

Did you know that 70% of youth who misuse prescription drugs admit to getting them from family or friends? To date, MYPRC has distributed medication lock boxes to more than 1000 individuals, physicians, senior centers, and churches FREE OF CHARGE to residents of Mitchell and Yancey counties.

MYPRC also distributes FREE medication disposal systems which safely deactivate old/unused medications and distributes pre-addressed/pre-paid envelopes for safe medication destruction. If you are a Mitchell or Yancey county resident interested in obtaining a medication lock box or other medication disposal items, please contact Jessica Zucchino (Program Manager) at 828.682.7899 or jessica@pathwnc.org.