Blue Ridge Regional Hospital is committed to improving more lives in more ways. We are proud to partner with the Spruce Pine Police Department and the Mitchell Yancey Substance Abuse Task Force to help combat the misuse of opioids. Current figures support the claim that more people die from complications related to opioid misuse and opioid use disorder than all other drugs combined.
Take action by turning in your unused and expired medication for safe disposal.
ACCEPTED ITEMS: tablets, capsules and patches – hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, Vicodin), oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), tramadol (Ultram), codeine, fentanyl (Duragesic), morphine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), oxymorphone (Opana)
NOT ACCEPTED ITEMS: needles, syringes, lancets and liquids
For more information, please call 833-582-1970.