Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program

Providing Maine residents with a safe option for

disposal of unused and expired medicine

 

 

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We have new sites! Click here to view our site listing and find out where to get a medicine return envelope.

 

The Safe Medicine Disposal for ME program provides Maine's residents with a safe disposal option for unused and unwanted medicine. Free medicine mailback envelopes are available at participating sites. This program is funded through a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative.

 

Paul Matulis and Bill Miller discuss the program

Medicine disposal envelopes will be available free of charge at the following participating sites while supplies last

Click here to view a list of our sites in PDF format-updated 6/30/09

Click here to view a list of our sites in Word format-updated 6/30/09

 


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For more information please call
1-866-ME-RX-RID (1-866-637-9743)
OR
e-mail: info@safemeddisposal.com

This project has been made possible through funding from the U.S. EPA Aging Initiative in addition to the following project partners:

 

UMaine Center on Aging logo

Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group logo

Drug Disposal logo

Rite Aid Pharmacy logo

Senior Corps RSVP logo

United States Postal Service logo

Maine Department of Environmental Protection logo
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency logo

Northern New England Poison Center logo

Maine Office of Substance Abuse logo

 

Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety logo

the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) logo

 

Miller Drug logo

Penobscot Community Health Center logo

Penobscot Indian Family Health Logo
Maine Office of Elder Services logo

Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians logo

Penquis logo
Aroostook RSVP program logo

Polyair logo

Program Partners: University of Maine Center on Aging, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Postal Service, Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety, Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Rite Aid Pharmacies, Maine Office of Elder Services, Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, Maine Office of the Attorney General, Maine Pharmacy Association, Polyair Manufacturing, Maine RSVP Programs, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, National Council on Patient Information and Education, Northern New England Poison Center, Villanova University Center for the Environment, the Maine Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and individual participating pharmacies throughout Maine