Safely dispose of opioids and other medications at Medical City Healthcare hospitals
Opioid addiction is a national crisis. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of drug overdose deaths increased by nearly 5% from 2018 to 2019 and has quadrupled since 1999. More than 70% of the 70,630 deaths in 2019 involved an opioid.
Medical City Healthcare and its parent company, HCA Healthcare, are working to Crush the Crisis.
Permanent Drug Take Back Boxes
Twelve Medical City Healthcare hospitals offer free disposal of medications, used and unused, with conveniently located drug take-back boxes. The boxes enable North Texans to safely and anonymously remove prescription opioids and other medications from their homes where the drugs are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including children and teens.
How to return used and unused drugs and medications
The drug take-back boxes, which are compliant with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations, may be accessed, free of charge, any day of the year—not just on a specific drug take-back day.
Accepted Items:
- Any tablets, capsules and patches including Hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, Vicodin), Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet), Tramadol (Ultram), Codeine, Fentanyl (Duragesic), Morphine, Hydromorphone (Dilaudid), Oxymorphone (Opana)
Unaccepted Items:
- Needles, syringes, lancets, inhalers and liquids
Medical City Healthcare drug disposal sites
Medical City Healthcare facilities offering medication take-back boxes include:
- Medical City Alliance (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Arlington (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Dallas (Building A, First Floor Atrium)
- Medical City Denton (Main Entrance Lobby near the elevators)
- Medical City Fort Worth (Tower A Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Frisco (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Las Colinas (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Lewisville (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City McKinney (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City North Hills (Main Entrance Lobby)
- Medical City Plano (Entrance C, on the west side facing Coit Rd.)
- Medical City Weatherford (Main Entrance Lobby)
2021 Crush the Crisis Drug Take Back Day
Medical City Healthcare hospitals collected more than 1,600 pounds of medications during its second “Crush the Crisis” Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23. A special thank you to our community members who visited our drive-through drug collection sites and to our law enforcement partners who helped us raise awareness about the dangers of opioid and drug misuse and the proper disposal of medications.
- Arlington Police Department - Medical City Arlington
- Dallas Police Department - Medical City Dallas
- Denton and TWU Police Departments - Medical City Denton
- Frisco Police Department - Medical City Frisco
- Irving Police Department - Medical City Las Colinas
- North Richland Hills Police Department - Medical City North Hills
Learn more about the opioid crisis and substance abuse
How to Get Help for Opioid Addiction
The Growing Opioid Crisis: What You Need to Know
Concerned about substance abuse? Visit with a trusted medical specialist about treatment options.