MedSafe Drug Collection Kiosk

A secure place for unused medications, at the pharmacies, hospitals, and long-term care communities people trust.

MedSafe is an unused and expired medication disposal system. This easy-to-operate system accepts controlled (Schedules II-V), non-controlled, and over-the-counter medicines. MedSafe meets the requirements of the DEA Controlled Substances Act. Patients and families deposit unused medications. When the liner is full, it’s sealed, shipped back on a prepaid label, and destroyed by incineration.

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Retail and community pharmacy Give patients a disposal option at your counter. See pharmacy details →

Hospitals and health systems Offer patients and families a collection point on campus. See hospital details →

Long-term care Handle discontinued resident medications with your pharmacy partner. See long-term care details →

Police, sheriff & fire Offer residents year-round disposal, or connect them to it. See public safety details →

Why Medication Collection Matters

Unused medications pile up in homes. A course of pain medication ends early. A prescription changes. A family member passes away and leaves a cabinet full of bottles. Most people don’t know what to do with them, so they ask the pharmacist, the discharge nurse, or the front desk at a senior living community. When there’s no good answer, medications stay in the house, go in the trash, or get flushed.

MedSafe combines a stainless-steel collection receptacle with a removable prepaid shipback inner liner. When the inner liner fills, authorized persons can safely remove the liner from the collection receptacle, seal it, and return it via common carrier. Inner lines are treated by incineration, rendering the pharmaceuticals non-retrievable per the DEA’s destruction standard.

A collection receptacle gives those questions a clear answer, at a place people already visit. For the organization that hosts it, the program is a visible service to patients, residents, families, and the surrounding community.

Public Safety

Year-round medication disposal for the communities you serve

Residents bring unused medications to police departments, sheriff’s offices, and fire stations throughout the year, not just on Take Back Day. What an agency can do with them depends on whether it’s law enforcement or fire and EMS.

Police departments and sheriff’s offices can host MedSafe directly. Residents deposit medications, including controlled (Schedules II-V) substances, anonymously any time your lobby is open. When the liner is full, staff seal it and ship it for destruction instead of emptying, storing, and transporting loose contents.

DEA recommends that law enforcement transferring collected substances for destruction record the liner’s unique ID and size, the transfer date, and the recipient’s name, address, and registration number. The EPA recommends incineration over landfilling for household medications collected by law enforcement.

Fire stations are open, staffed, and trusted, so residents often bring medications and used needles there. Fire departments aren’t authorized under federal rules to collect controlled (Schedules II-V) substances, so a station can’t take them or host a receptacle that collects them. A police department’s receptacle must be inside a law enforcement location, so it can’t be placed at a fire station either.

Medications that belong to your agency, including expired EMS stock, wasted doses, and controlled (Schedules II-V) substances from your EMS program, are a separate waste stream from resident disposal. Sharps provides controlled substance waste, pharmaceutical waste, and regulated medical waste services for EMS operations.

Narcotic treatment programs

MedSafe is also designed for narcotic treatment programs. Contact our team to discuss requirements for your setting.