Unused prescription drugs to be collected Saturday

South Sound residents can drop off unused or unwanted prescription drugs Saturday as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration initiative.

Thirteen locations in Pierce County will have bins set out so people can anonymously discard the medication between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The drugs will later be destroyed.

Illegal drugs, syringes, insulin and medical waste are not accepted.

The National Drug Take-Back initiative kicked off six years ago.

Drop-off locations:

▪ Tacoma police substations: 1524 Martin Luther King Jr. Way; 5140 N. 26th St.; 1501 S. 72nd St.; 400 E. 56th St.

▪ Lakewood Police Department, 9401 Lakewood Drive SW.

▪ Puyallup Tribal Police administration office, 3009 Portland Ave., Tacoma.

▪ University Place Police Department, 3609 Market Place W., Suite 201.

▪ Pierce County sheriff’s Parkland/Spanaway precinct, 495 Shandon Wright Way S.

▪ Pierce County sheriff’s South Hill precinct, 271 John Bananola Way.

▪ Puyallup Police Department, 311 W. Pioneer.

▪ Gig Harbor Civic Center’s lobby, 3510 Grandview St.

▪ Steilacoom Police Department, 601 Main St.

▪ Joint Base Lewis-McChord Base Exchange parking lot, McChord Field, Building 504.

This story was originally published September 24, 2015 at 4:30 PM with the headline "Unused prescription drugs to be collected Saturday."