Prescription drug take-back event in El Paso, Las Cruces Saturday
The Las Cruces Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies are hosting a prescription drug take-back event Saturday in Las Cruces and and Mesilla.
The prescription drug take-back will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at these locations:
Walmart Neighborhood Market at 150 Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Walmart Supercenter at 3331 Rinconada Blvd. Sam’s Club at 2711 N. Telshor Blvd. New Mexico State Police Las Cruces office at 4055 Sonoma Ranch Blvd. Elks Club at 3000 Elks Dr. Thomas Branigan Memorial Library at 200 E. Picacho Ave. Albertson’s grocery store at 2551 E. Lohman Ave. Dublin’s Street Pub at 1745 E. University Ave. Mesilla Town Hall at 2231 Avenida de Mesilla.
Residents are encouraged to drop off expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs – in pills or patch forms – during the event. The service is free and anonymous with no questions asked.
In El Paso, here are the following locations:
UMC employee parking garage 4625 Alberta Ave El Paso Police Headquarters 911 North Raynor Street UTEP – Campbell Building 1101 N. Campbell street UTEP – adjacent to UTEP Police Dept. 2950 Sun Bowl Driveutep parking lot r2 Pebble Hills Regional Command Center 10780 Pebble Hills Westside Regional Command Center 4801 Osborne dr. Northeast Regional Command Center 9600 Dyer Street UMC Northeast Clinic 9839 Kenworthy Franklin High School 900 North Resler Dr DEA El Paso 660 S. Mesa Hills dr Texas DPS 11612 Scott Simpson UMC Eastside Clinic 1485 George Dieter Montana Patrol Station 12501 Montana Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Tribal Judicial Center 9241 Socorro Rd UMC Ysleta Clinic 300 South Zaragoza Mission Valley Regional Command 9011 Escobar Dr. El Paso Environmental Services 7968 San Paulo Dr.
