Longmont Public Safety receives a lot of calls from residents asking where old prescription medication can be disposed of.  The following locations in Longmont take prescription medication for disposal:

• Flatirons Pharmacy
  • 603 Ken Pratt Boulevard, Longmont
  • (303)827-3480
  • Exceptions: No needles, no marijuana, no IV bags, no fentanyl patches
• Kaiser Longmont
  • 2345 Bent Way, Longmont
  • Community drop-off
  • Monday - Friday, 8am-6pm
  • Free-standing kiosk located in the pharmacy
    
• Longmont Annual Rx Drop Off Event (updates as new events are announced)
• Longmont Public Safety
  
  • 225 Kimbark Street
  • (303)651-8555
  • 7 days a week, 6am - 9pm
  • Bright Green Upright in Lobby.
  • No needles, marijuana and/or chemotherapy drugs.  Otherwise, it is available for your over-the-counter and prescription medications, liquid medications (sealed in the original container), prescription patches, medicated ointments and vitamins.
• UC Health (Longs Peak Hospital)
  • 1750 East Ken Pratt Boulevard
  • (720)718-7000
  • Available for drop off 24-hours-a-day / seven-days-a-week
  • Drop box is located next to security at the main entrance of the Emergency Department.
  • UC Health does not accept marijuana or syringes.
• Walgreens
  • Only 11th and Main Walgreens location. Pharmacy must be open in order to bring in these items. Hours: Monday - Friday from 9am - 9pm
  • Accepted: prescriptions drugs, over-the-counter medications, will take both tablets and capsules, ointments or cremes, and patches
  • Exclusions: no illegal drugs, no needles, no lotions or liquids, no inhalers, no aerosol cans, no thermometers, no hydrogen peroxide.

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