According to health officials, prescription drug abuse has its grips on our nation in epidemic proportions. Last year in Arizona 932 people died from an opioid overdose. And prescription drug abuse is a leading factor in those deaths. To help prevent such abuse, MATFORCE is hosting Dump the Drugs Events throughout our area on Saturday, October 27th. Unwanted prescription and over the counter medications can be disposed of at one of nine locations throughout the county, including: Cottonwood, Sedona, Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley and Mayer.
In the greater Prescott area, prescription and over-the-counter medications can be dropped off between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM at the following locations: Yavapai College Police
Department, Prescott Campus, Building 28; Prescott Valley Police Department, 7601 E. Civic
Circle; Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, YCSO Mayer Substation, 12606 Main Street, and the
Chino Valley Police Department, 1950 Voss Drive.
In the Verde Valley, prescription and over-the-counter medications can be dropped off between
10:00 AM and 2:00 PM at the following locations: Sedona Police Department at 102
Roadrunner Drive; Cottonwood Police Department, 199 S. 6th Street; the Camp Verde
Marshal’s Office at 646 S. First Street, Yavapai County Jail, 2830 N Commonwealth Drive, in
Camp Verde; and the Clarkdale Police Department at 49 N. Ninth Street.
For more information call 928-708-0100 or visit the MATFORCE website at matforce.org.
