Do you have unwanted or expired medications at home?

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration to sponsor a drug take-back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Lane County Public Works Customer Service Center, 3050 N. Delta Highway in Eugene.

The event is a no-questions-asked prescription drug drop-off to prevent the unsafe disposal of medications or their theft or abuse. Disposing of unused medications by flushing them down the toilet or tossing them in the trash poses safety and health hazards.

In a press release Friday, the sheriff’s office suggested residents check their medicine cabinets for prescription drugs that are expired or no longer used and bring them to the event for safe disposal.

Items that cannot be accepted include needles, thermometers, bloody or infectious waste, medications from businesses, hydrogen peroxide, aerosol cans, inhalers and diabetic meters.

Earlier drug drop-off events in Lane County have resulted in hundreds of pounds of medications turned in for disposal, the press release said.

People unable to attend Saturday’s drug take-back event can dispose of medications at a drop-off box maintained by the sheriff’s office in the central reception lobby at the Lane County Courthouse, 125 E. Eighth Ave. in Eugene. The courthouse is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. No appointment is necessary to access the drop-off box.

For a list of other participating collection sites, visit www.deatakeback.com.