Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program

Providing Maine's older adults with a safe option for

disposal of unused and expired medicine

 
 
 
 
 

Welcome!


The Safe Medicine Disposal for ME program provides Maine's older adults and their caregivers with a safe disposal option for unused and unwanted medicine. Free medicine mailback envelopes will be available at participating pharmacies sites in May 2008. This program is funded through a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Aging Initiative

 

Paul Matulis and Bill Miller discuss the program

Medicine disposal envelopes will be available free of charge at the following participating pharmacies beginning on May 12, 2008, while supplies last:

  • Caribou: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 112 Bennett Drive, 498-8735
  • Houlton: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 137 North Street, 532-6876
  • Indian Island: Penobscot Nation Health Center Pharmacy,23 Wabanaki Way, 817-7435     
  • Bangor: Miller Drug, 210 State St, 1-800-427-8369
  • Bangor: Penobscot Community Health Center Pharmacy, 1084 Union Street, 992-4100
  • Old Town: Helen Hunt Health Center Pharmacy, 242 Brunswick Street, 992-4100
  • Augusta: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 83 Hospital St., 623-1414
  • Augusta: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 2007 No. Belfast Ave., 622-2626
  • Waterville: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 211 Main Street, 877-9004
  • Portland: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 365 Allen Ave., 797-4351
  • Scarborough: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 600 U.S. Route 1, 885-1515


    
 
   

  For more information please call

  1-866-ME-RX-RID (1-866-637-9743)

 OR

e-mail: info@safemeddisposal.com

    

 

 

 
This project has been made possible through funding from the U.S. EPA Aging Initiative in addition to the following project partners:
 

 

UMaine Center on Aging logo
Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group logo

Drug Disposal logo

 

Rite Aid Pharmacy logo

 

Senior Corps RSVP logo

 

United States Postal Service logo
Maine Department of Environmental Protection logo
Maine Drug Enforcement Agency logo

 

Northern New England Poison Center logo
Maine Office of Substance Abuse logo

 

Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety logo

the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) logo

 

Miller Drug logo

Penobscot Community Health Center logo
Penobscot Indian Family Health Logo
Maine Office of Elder Services logo

Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians logo

Penquis logo
Aroostook RSVP program logo

 

Polyair logo

Program Partners: University of Maine Center on Aging, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Postal Service, Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety, Maine Benzodiazepine Study Group, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, Rite Aid Pharmacies, Maine Office of Elder Services, Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians, Maine Office of the Attorney General, Maine Pharmacy Association, Polyair Manufacturing, Maine RSVP Programs, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, National Council on Patient Information and Education, Northern New England Poison Center, Villanova University Center for the Environment, the Maine Council for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and individual participating pharmacies throughout Maine