ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Wegmans Food Markets is partnering with local law enforcement agencies across seven states to host community prescription medication drop-off events at 48 stores on Saturday, April 26. The event allows community members to remove potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs from their homes. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.
Prescription medications play an essential role in the health of millions of Americans, but unused and expired medicines that remain in homes can pose significant public health and safety concerns due to their high susceptibility to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses. Studies show that more than half of all people who first misuse prescription drugs get them from their friends, relatives, or take them without asking.
WHAT: Prescription medicine drop-off events will be held at participating Wegmans Food Markets. Only pills and patches will be accepted – no liquids, needles, or sharps.
WHEN: Saturday, April 26, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. unless otherwise noted
WHERE: Participating Wegmans stores:
- New York:
- Rochester: Brockport, Calkins Road, Chili-Paul, Holt Road, Irondequoit, Lyell Ave, Penfield
- Syracuse: Auburn, Cicero, Dewitt, Fairmount, Great Northern, James Street, John Glenn, Onondaga, Taft Road
- Buffalo: Dick Road, McKinley
- Maryland: Bel Air
- Massachusetts: Burlington (hours differ and are 10 a.m.-1 p.m.), Chestnut Hill (hours vary and are 10 a.m.-1 p.m.), Medford, Northborough, Westwood
- North Carolina: Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Wake Forest, West Cary
- New Jersey: Hanover, Manalapan, Mount Laurel, Ocean, Princeton
- Pennsylvania: Allentown, Bethlehem, Collegeville, Concordville, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Montgomeryville, Nazareth, State College, Warrington, Williamsport
- Virginia: Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Midlothian, Short Pump
