Kenosha County will offer collection events at four locations for National Prescription Drug
Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, County Executive Samantha Kerkman announced today.
The events will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at these sites:
◼ The Kenosha County Center at highways 45 and 50 in Bristol (enter off Highway 50 on
the southeast side of the building)
◼ Pleasant Prairie Police Department, 8600 Green Bay Road.
◼ ELCA Outreach Center, 6218 26th Ave.
◼ Kenosha Fire Station 6, 2615 14th Place.
The goal of these events is to provide safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposal of
prescription medications while educating the public about the potential for abuse of these
medications, Kerkman said.
Kenosha County Behavioral Health staff will be at all locations, providing information about
other resources and services available in the community.
In addition to a convenient place to safely dispose of unneeded medications, the events will offer
people the opportunity to receive training and free supplies of the overdose-reversing medication
Narcan, as well as Fentanyl and Xylazine test strips.
Narcan training teaches people to recognize symptoms of an opioid overdose and how to
administer the opioid overdose reversal drug. More information about the Narcan distribution
program in Kenosha County is available at https://NarcanTrainedKenosha.com.
“Disposing of unneeded medications makes your home a safer place, and getting trained on
Narcan gives you the ability to save lives,” Kerkman said. “At one of our Drug Take Back Day
John T. Jansen, Director
Department of Human Services
Kari Foss, Director
Division of Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services
Job Center/Human Services Building
8600 Sheridan Road, Suite 500
Kenosha, WI 53143-6144
Phone: (262) 653-3800
Fax: (262) 653-3850
COUNTY OF KENOSHA
events last year, someone did just that — later that day, he used the Narcan he had received that
morning to reverse an overdose that he came upon at a public event.”
Items acceptable for collection at the local events include prescription (controlled and
noncontrolled) and over-the-counter medications, ointments, patches, inhalers, non-aerosol spray
dispensers, creams, vials, and pet medications.
Unacceptable items include illegal drugs, needles/sharps, acids, aerosol cans, biohazardous
materials (anything containing a bodily fluid or blood), personal care products, (shampoo, soaps,
lotions, sunscreens), household hazardous waste (paint, pesticides, oil, gas), and mercury
thermometers.
The Kenosha County Sheriff, Kenosha Police and Pleasant Prairie Police departments; the
Kenosha Fire Department; the ELCA Outreach Center; and the Kenosha County Division of
Aging, Disability and Behavioral Health Services are collaborating in the hosting of these events.
“As first responders who find ourselves all too often at the scenes of overdoses, the Kenosha Fire
Department is pleased to participate in this communitywide effort to promote safety and
prevention, said Kenosha Fire Chief Daniel Tilton.
“I encourage the public to take this
opportunity to dispose of their unneeded medications and to get trained on Narcan.”