Do you have old medication lying around your house? National Drug Take Back Day is on April 27, and many pharmacies and local stores are open to dispose of unused medications.
Cass County residents can drop off unneeded medications at multiple locations during the four-hour event, which provides an opportunity to remove unneeded medications from your home to prevent medication misuse, and opioid addiction from ever starting.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, disposal boxes will be available at the following locations in Cass County:
- Howard Township Hall, 1345 Barron Lake Road, Niles
- Marcellus Township Hall, 13163 Marcellus Highway, Marcellus
If you do not have time to make it that day, there are also many year-round medication disposal options available:
- Ontwa/Edwardsburg Police Department, 26296 E. Main, Edwardsburg — 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 830 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday
- Pokagon Tribal Health Center, 58620 Sink Road, Dowagiac — 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday
- Dowagiac Police Department, 241 S. Front St., Dowagiac — 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
- Family Fare Supermarket, 56151 M-51, Dowagiac — 6 a.m. to 12 a.m., seven days a week
- Michigan State Police Post, 1600 Silverbrook Ave., Niles — 24/7
- Cass County Sheriff’s Office, 321 M-62, Cassopolis — 24/7
