April 28th Collection Locations

The Drug Enforcement Administration has partnered with local law enforcement and Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy for Operation Medicine Cabinet, in conjunction with the Administration’s National Drug Take Back Day.

Unused and expired drugs may be dropped off anonymously and with no-questions-asked for safe disposal during the one-day, drive-throughevent from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the following locations:

LVMPD Northwest Area Command – 9850 W Cheyenne Ave.
LVMPD Enterprise Area Command – 6975 W Windmill Ln.
LVMPD South Central Area Command – 4860 Las Vegas Blvd S.
LVMPD South East Area Command – 3675 E Harmon Ave.
Henderson PD – Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road
North Las Vegas PD Washburn Station – 3755 W Washburn Road
Nellis AFB BX – 5930 Rickenbacker Rd.
Mesquite PD – 695 Mayan Cir.

To help curb the misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, all Southern Nevada residents are encouraged to participate. To date, Operation Medicine Cabinet has collected more than two million million oral doses of medications, helping keep them out of the wrong hands.

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Local News Highlights the Dangers of Rx Drugs

FOX 5 in Las Vegas aired a news segment last night that highlighted the dangers of prescription drug abuse in the Valley. Click here to read the article and view and segment.

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Operation Medicine Cabinet Collection in Conjunction with National Drug Take Back Day

Unused and expired drugs may be dropped off anonymously and with no-questions-asked for safe disposal during the one-day, drive-through event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the following locations:

LVMPD Northwest Area Command – 9850 W Cheyenne Ave.
LVMPD Enterprise Area Command – 6975 W Windmill Ln.
LVMPD South Central Area Command – 4860 Las Vegas Blvd S.
LVMPD South East Area Command – 3675 E Harmon Ave.
Henderson PD – Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road
North Las Vegas PD Washburn Station – 3755 W Washburn Road
Mesquite PD – 695 Mayan Cir.

To help curb the misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, all Southern Nevada residents are encouraged to participate.

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April OMC Collection Set!

In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take Back Initiative, law enforcement from throughout Southern Nevada have joined University of Southern Nevada to present Operation Medicine Cabinet.

Unused and expired drugs may be dropped off anonymously and with no-questions-asked for safe disposal during the one-day, drive-through event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the following locations:

LVMPD Northwest Area Command – 9850 W Cheyenne Ave.
LVMPD Enterprise Area Command – 6975 W Windmill Ln.
LVMPD South Central Area Command – 4860 Las Vegas Blvd S.
LVMPD South East Area Command – 3675 E Harmon Ave.
Henderson PD – Galleria at Sunset (north parking lot) 1300 W. Sunset Road
Boulder City PD - Boulder Dam Credit Union, 530 Avenue G
North Las Vegas PD Washburn Station - 3755 W Washburn Road
Mesquite PD – 695 Mayan Cir.

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Metro Adds Drop Boxes for Unused Drugs

The LVMPD now has medication disposal boxes available at its area command stations. Southern Nevada residents may use these boxes for the safe and anonymous disposal of unused or expired medications. Click here for a map with participating locations. The disposal stations are a result of a grant funded program in partnership with the Clark County Water Reclamation District.

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OMC Coming Soon!

Happy New Year! We have received numerous calls over the past month from Southern Nevadans eager for another OMC collection event. We're currently in the process of planning one for late January or February. Information will be available soon, including date, time and location. Check back here on on our Facebook page for details.

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Boulder City Police to Present Operation Medicine Cabinet

In conjunction with the Boulder City Health Festival, the Boulder City Police Department has joined Boulder City Hospital, the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce and University of Southern Nevada to present “Operation Medicine Cabinet,” an event designed to combat prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse.

Unused and expired drugs may be dropped off anonymously and with no-questions-asked for safe disposal from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Boulder City Recreation Center, located at 900 Arizona St. Free health screenings and information from more than 60 organizations will also be featured as part of the Boulder City Health Festival.

“We encourage all Boulder City residents to clean out their medicine cabinets and join us in safely disposing expired or unneeded medications,” said Boulder City Police Chief Thomas Finn. “This effort will help us curtail the growing threat of prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse in our community.”

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Thank You Southern Nevada

Thank you to everyone who participated in Operation Medicine Cabinet on Saturday, in conjunction with the DEA's first-ever national take back initiative. The turnout was phenomenal at all four Southern Nevada drop off locations. The location at the Galleria at Sunset in Henderson collected more than 400 lbs. or drugs in just four hours.

More OMC collection events will be planned soon, so stay tuned.

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Operation Medicine Cabinet Joins DEA's National Take Back Initiative

Southern Nevadans are encouraged to participate in Operation Medicine Cabinet, presented on Saturday, Sept. 25 by the City of Henderson Police Department in partnership with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and University of Southern Nevada. The event, which takes place from 9 am to 1 pm in the north Parking lot of the Galleria at Sunset, is being held in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration's first National Take Back Initiative.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department will also man drop off locations from 9 am to 1 pm at the following locations:

• Enterprise Area Command - 6975 W. Windmill
• Northwest Area Command - 9850 W. Cheyenne
• Southeast Area Command - 3675 E. Harmon

Unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs may be dropped off anonymously and with no questions asked.

This event is supported by University of Southern Nevada College of Pharmacy's Drug Abuse Awareness Team, City of Henderson, Henderson Police Department, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, Narcotics Education Foundation of Nevada, Clark County Coroner's Office, Pain in the Drain, RxDrugSafe, Southern Nevada Health District and 8 News Now.

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OMC II and Great Success!

In February, the very first Operation Medicine Cabinet was presented in Las Vegas. The successful event yielded 287 lbs. of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, meaning less in home medicine cabinets and potentially out of the hands of children and teens. On Saturday, a second Operation Medicine Cabinet collection event was held, with nearly 800 lbs. of drugs collected in just a few hours. The demand for home medication safes, generously donated by RX DrugSafe™ and given away for free to the first 25 families dropping off drugs, created a line at the opening of the event.

Thank you to all of the Las Vegas area residents who came out and dropped off their drugs and medications in support of OMC.

Media buzz around the event was tremendous, with most of the Las Vegas area television stations reporting on the event. In total, more than 55 news segments aired in advance, on the day of, and following the event. We are grateful for their airtime to spread the word about our important event.

The success of the event would not have been realized without the diligent efforts of USN’s Dr. Paul Oesterman, the members of the Drug Abuse Awareness Team, Det. Bruce Gentner and his team from the LVMPD, USN’s marketing team, The Ferraro Group and the support of Operation Medicine Cabinet partners: Pain in the Drain, Clark County Coroner, Southern Nevada Health District, Narcotics Education Foundation of Nevada, RX DrugSafe, Drug Enforcement Administration and 8 News Now.

Below are some photos from the event.

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Map of OMC II Drop Off Location

Below is a map of Las Vegas Metro's Northwest Area Command. Drug collection will take place from 7 am to 2 pm on Saturday, Aug. 14.


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New OMC Public Service Announcement Debuts

Once again, Operation Medicine Cabinet has partnered with KLAS-TV 8 News Now to promote the event. This week, a new PSA featuring Paula Francis debuted. Check it out.

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RX DrugSafes Donated to OMC

In support of our effors to curb drug misuse and abuse in Southern Nevada, RX DrugSafe has donated 25 home medicine safes that utilize high-tech fingerprint technology to make storing potentially dangerous medications at home simpler and more secure. The first 25 people with children or teens who drop off prescription and over-the-counter drugs at Operation Medicine Cabinet on Aug. 14 will receive a free safe, valued at more than $200. All others will receive a $100 off coupon for the purchase of a safe.

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Second Operation Medicine Cabinet Event Planned

Following the overwhelming success of Southern Nevada’s first Operation Medicine Cabinet event in February, a coalition of local organizations have come together for a second event to collect unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs from the public.

Unused and expired medications will be collected anonymously and with no-questions-asked for safe and proper disposal during the one-day, drive-through event from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 14 in the parking lot of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Northwest Area Command, located at 9850 West Cheyenne in Las Vegas.

Southern Nevadans are encouraged to participate and help prevent the tragic consequences of drug misuse and abuse.

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First OMC A Success!

Thank you to everyone who came out on Saturday to drop off their unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs during the first-ever Operation Medicine Cabinet in Las Vegas. We had a great turn out. More than 200 cars dropped off more than 460 lbs of drugs and materials. This amounted to 287 lbs of actual tablets/capsules. When calculated this equaled an astounding 127,283 oral doses. That is a lot of drugs now safe and out of that hands of potential misusers and abusers.

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Drug Collection Event Location

Remember to empty your medicine cabinets of unused and expired prescription and over-the-counter drugs and drop them off anonymously and with no questions asked during Operation Medicine Cabinet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m this Saturday, Feb. 20.


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Operation Medicine Cabinet Featured on SNWA's Water Ways

Program partner Southern Nevada Water Authority is featuring Operation Medicine Cabinet in the February edition of Water Ways, their monthly news magazine television program. Check out the segment below.



Remember to clean out your medicine cabinets of expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter drugs and drop them off anonymously and with no questions asked at the Operation Medicine Cabinet collection event on Feb. 20 at the Las Vegas Sports Center.

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Operation Medicine Cabinet Featured on Spanish Language News

KINC-TV (Univision-Las Vegas) featured Operation Medicine Cabinet in a report during its 11 p.m. newscast on Jan. 25.

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Drug Deaths on the Rise in Clark County

Did you know that in 2000 there were 219 drug-medication related deaths in Clark County? While this number is disconcerting, according to the Clark County Coroner's Office the number of annual deaths more than doubled to 456 by 2008. Last year there were 464 deaths, but that number is likely to rise as dozens of cases are still pending.

By securing your prescription drugs and safely disposing your unused and expired drugs, you can limit access to teens and prevent unnecessary deaths to overdose.

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Survey Data Shows Where Teens Get Drugs

According to the 2009 Monitoring the Future survey of 12th graders by University of Michigan, 18.6 percent of the respondents who misused or abused prescription drugs took them from a friend or relative. More than half (51.1 percent) were given prescription drugs. Another 33.6 percent bought them. Emptying our medicine cabinets of expired and unused drugs is just one way to ensure prescription drugs don't end up in the wrong hands.

Empty your medicine cabinet and drop off your unused and expired drugs during Operation Medicine Cabinet on Feb. 20 at the Las Vegas Sports Center.

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