What Is "Take It To The Box"?
The Crow Wing County community is serious about preventing medication misuse/abuse and serious about healthy, environmentally safe disposal of unneeded medications. Safe medication disposal helps reduce such risks. There are now free medication disposal boxes located at four sites in Crow Wing County. The “drop off” box at each site will accept unneeded over-the-counter medications, prescriptions and narcotic drugs from community members.
Safe Use

• Read and follow directions on all medications.
• Take the recommended dose - not more, not less.
• Don’t share your prescription medicine with another or take medication of someone else.

Safe Storage

• Keep all medication in a safe location that is unavailable to children, teens and guests.
• Lock up narcotics or mood altering medicines.
• Keep medicines in their original containers.
• Follow storage directions on the medicine.

Safe Disposal

• It is not safe to dispose by flushing down sinks, toilets and/or drains

Take It To The Box sites are open Monday – Friday

• Leave medication in the original container and leave medication name on container.
• Remove your name and other identifying information.
• Drop medication bottle into the disposal box opening.
• NO syringes, needles, or sharps accepted. NO chemotherapy or radiological medicine.