Prescription Drug Take Back October 25 in Dayton, Silver Springs, Virginia City, Yerington

National Take Back events offer safe ways to dispose of expired or unneeded prescription drugs.

On National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25, 2025, Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties (HCC) joins the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, the Yerington Police Department and the Storey County Sheriff’s Office to host drop off locations for unneeded medications in Dayton, Silver Springs, Virginia City and Yerington.

No needles (sharps) will be accepted at these sites.

DAYTON: On Saturday, October 25 from 10am- 2pm, medications can be dropped off in front of the Smith’s Food and Drug Store at 2200 U.S. Highway 50 East.

SILVER SPRINGS: Also on Saturday, October 25 from 10am-2pm, unneeded prescriptions can be dropped off in front of the Dollar General store in Silver Springs at 1105 Lake Avenue.

VIRGINIA CITY: In addition, people can drop off their unneeded medications at the Storey County Sheriff’s Main Office at 205 South C Street in Virginia City on Saturday, October 25 between 10am-2pm.

YERINGTON: In Yerington, unneeded medications can be dropped off in front of Raley’s grocery store at 176 West Goldfield Avenue on Saturday, October 25 from 10am-2pm.

This effort aims to help keep communities healthy and safe by educating the public about the potential for misuse of medications. The events also support safe disposal of medications. Flushing prescription and over-the-counter medications down drains can contaminate waterways and end up in our drinking water.

During the Take Back events, HCC will also offer free medication disposal kits, medication lock boxes, and naloxone, funded through the Nevada Opioid Response Program and Funds for a Resilient Nevada.

Safe medication disposal pouches can be used at home as an effective way to destroy and properly dispose of unwanted medications.

Naloxone is used to treat opioid overdose by temporarily reversing the effects of opioid medicines and drugs.

The Nevada State Department of Health and Human Services supports HCC’s promotion of Take Back events through a Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Block grant. 

The effort to collect and safely dispose of unneeded medication is part of the nationwide federal initiative, with nearly 5,000 collection sites across the U.S. Since its inception in 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Take Back Day has removed millions of pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country.