LORAIN, OHIO – The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery Services (MHARS) Board of Lorain County and its partners announce that National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will take place on April 25, 2026.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., The Lorain County Opioid Action Team’s Community Engagement volunteers will provide free medication disposal pouches and locking medication bags and other drug safety resources to Lorain County residents across the county at the locations noted below with an asterisk. At the locations listed without an asterisk, visitors can drop off their medications with law enforcement officers or other personnel for disposal. All are encouraged to clean out their medicine cabinets of potentially harmful drugs by safely disposing of them at this free, confidential annual event.
Locations in Lorain County include:
| *Amherst Police Department | 911 North Lake St. 44001 |
| *Avon Lake Police Department | 32855 Walker Rd. 44012 |
| Avon Police Department | 36145 Detroit Rd. 44011 |
| Columbia Township Fire Department | 25540 Royalton Rd. 44028 |
| *Elyria Police Department | 18 West Ave. 44035 |
| *Grafton Police Department | 1009 Chestnut St. 44044 |
| *Kipton Police Department | 299 State St. 44049 |
| LaGrange Police Department | 301 Liberty St. 44050 |
| *Lorain County Sheriff’s Office | 9896 Murray Ridge Rd. 44035 |
| * Lorain Police Department | 200 West Erie Ave. 44052 |
| *North Ridgeville Department | 7070 Ranger Way 44039 |
| Oberlin Police Department | 85 South Main St. 44074 |
| *Sheffield Lake Police Department | 609 Harris Rd. 44054 |
| Sheffield Village Police Department | 4340 Colorado Ave. 44054 |
| Vermilion Police Department | 5791 Liberty Ave. 44089 |
| *Wellington Police Department | 147 E. Herrick Ave 44090 |
*Locations with volunteers
“Lorain County continues to see the detrimental effects of the opioid crisis,” said Michael Doud, Executive Director of the MHARS Board of Lorain County. “Drug Take Back Day is an opportunity for us all to do our part to ensure that drugs that have potential for misuse do not end up in the hands of those struggling with substance use disorder.”
For more information visit www.mharslc.org/recovery.
