Morehead State University’s Office of Counseling and Health Servicesalong withMSU’s Police Department are partnering with Cardinal Health Foundation to help raise awareness in the community about the growing public health issue of prescription drug abuse and misuse.
Grant funding has been used to establish a permanent controlled substance (narcotic) drug drop box in the campus police department.
“We wanted to provide a safe and secure place where our university and community members could go at any time to dispose of these drugs,” said Matt Sparks, MSU chief of police. “This is a way to dispose of unused or unwanted medication in a legal, safe manner.”
This system will provide our campus community with an appropriate means of disposal of unused controlled substance medications. The box is available to students, faculty and staff on a year around basis.
The police department, located at 100 Laughlin Health Building, is open 24 hours a day, year-round. The program is open to the public, and all drop-offs are confidential.
Disposed drugs may be in or out of a container, but needles are not permitted. All items will be collected and destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Please remove label or black out names on any prescription bottles.
Additional information is available by calling MSUPD at 606-783-2035.