Year-round, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office at 911 E. Musser St. has a secure box inside the front entrance – open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday – where prescription drugs may be deposited (no liquids or needles, please).
Is it OK to flush old drugs down the toilet?
Please don’t. Medications flushed into the sewer or septic system may eventually get into Carson City’s water supply. That’s another reason for disposing of them properly, because we want to protect our drinking water. Not all municipal water treatment systems are able to filter out all kinds of drugs. Water tests in several cities have showed traces of prescription drugs.
