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Prescription Medication Disposal Sites in Tulsa (Courtesy: Tulsa Health Department)

The document provides information about prescription drug abuse in Tulsa County, Oklahoma and recommends ways to help prevent abuse. It notes that 192 Tulsa County residents died from opioid overdose between 2015-2017. It advises monitoring medications in the home, keeping them secure from children/teens, and disposing of unused medications safely rather than flushing them. The back of the document lists local safe medication disposal sites, including several Walgreens locations and Tulsa police/sheriff offices.

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Prescription Medication Disposal Sites in Tulsa (Courtesy: Tulsa Health Department)

The document provides information about prescription drug abuse in Tulsa County, Oklahoma and recommends ways to help prevent abuse. It notes that 192 Tulsa County residents died from opioid overdose between 2015-2017. It advises monitoring medications in the home, keeping them secure from children/teens, and disposing of unused medications safely rather than flushing them. The back of the document lists local safe medication disposal sites, including several Walgreens locations and Tulsa police/sheriff offices.

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Most abused prescription drugs

are stolen from friends or family.


192 Tulsa County residents died from a prescription
opioid-related overdose between 2015–2017

What can you do to help prevent


prescription drug abuse?
Monitor
Know what medications are in your home. Keep a regular inventory and
avoid stockpiling medicines.

Secure
Keep your medicine secure from children and adolescents. Keep medicine
under lock and key to prevent theft.

Dispose
Do not flush any medications. Bring unwanted or unused household
medications and prescriptions to one of the safe medication disposal sites.
(see reverse for locations)

T U L S A H E A LT H
Department

The message is brought to you by the Coalition Against Prescription and Substance Abuse of Tulsa (CAPSAT). Funding provided
by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) and
the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS).
28.03.02 • 2/2019
Tulsa Area Safe Household
Medication Disposal Sites
Tulsa Police Gilcrease Division Walgreens
3436 N. Delaware Ave. 7111 S Lewis Ave
Tulsa, OK 74110 Tulsa, OK 74136
918.591.4100
8a – 6p weekdays Walgreens
11332 E 31st St
Tulsa Police Mingo Valley Division Tulsa, OK 74146
10122 E. 11 St.
Tulsa, OK 74128 Walgreens
918.669.6000 1714 Utica Square
8a – 4p weekdays Tulsa, OK 74114

Tulsa Police Riverside Division Walgreens


7515 S. Riverside Dr. 950 E Kenosha St
Tulsa, OK 74136 Broken Arrow, OK 74012
918.596.1100
8a – 4p weekdays Walgreens
601 W Will Rogers Blvd
Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office Claremore, OK 74017
Faulkner Building
303 W. 1st St.
Tulsa, OK 74103
918.596.5701
8:00a – 4:15p weekdays

• No syringes, inhalers or liquids accepted

• Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics in partnership with Covanta


Energy safely destroy the drugs collected from disposal
containers through their Prescription for Safety Program

• The disposal process is anonymous

Important Phone Numbers


Oklahoma Poison Control Center
1.800.222.1222

Suicide Prevention Hotline


1.800.273.TALK (8255)

Tulsa Health Department


Regional Prevention Coordinator
918.595.4468

No illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs shall be allowed or encouraged. Any excessive or abusive use of legal drugs by
those of age will also be discouraged, including the abuse of pharmaceuticals.

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