Drop Unwanted Medicine Off at South Brunswick Police Station

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ - The South Brunswick police department and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs continue to provide the Project Medicine Drop box at the police department lobby. Project Medicine Drop allows residents to safely dispose of unused, unwanted or expired medications 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They accept pills, capsules, patches and pet medications. They do not accept syringes/sharps or liquid medications.

Instructions on Turning in Medicine:

Empty your medications into a plastic or Ziplock-type bag, tie or seal the bag and place into the drop box. Please do not put medication containers/boxes into the Drop Box. The Drop Box is located in the lobby of the South Brunswick Police Department at 540 Ridge Road in Monmouth Junction. Contact Property and Evidence Custodian John Klemas @ 732-329-4000 Ext. 7447 if you have any questions.

Unused prescription medications in homes create a public health and safety concern, because they can be accidentally ingested, stolen, misused and abused. While the number of Americans who currently abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the number of those using heroin, cocaine, and hallucinogens like LSD and Ecstasy combined, according to the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.