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#LonelyDropBox
This fella needs more drop-box friends.
Only 16 out of 219 pharmacies in southwestern Virginia have medication drop-boxes – like me! That's just 7%.
As you likely know, in-store drop-boxes help prevent drugs from being stolen, abused or flushed into our water supply.
Help us get more of me.
It's a bit lonely 'round here!
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#LonelyDropBox
A VIRGINIA CASE STUDY
See who's doing
the right thing
in this 26-county neighborhood of southern Virginia.
Easy and convenient point-of-sale disposal of medications is integral to keeping drugs off the streets and preventing accidents and addiction.
Chainstore Pharmacies
Name
CVS
Walmart
Kroger
Walgreens
Kmart
Food Lion
# of boxes
5
0
0
1
0
0
# of stores
61
30
22
27
3
2
(Includes 4 Targets)
(Includes 2 Sam's Clubs)
(9 are Rite Aid stores)
Total # stores: 145
# drop-boxes: 6
4%
of our chainstore
pharmacies offer
drop-boxes
Independent Pharmacies
Independent pharmacies are not affiliated with a chain or franchise and are typically locally-owned.
Total #: 57
# drop-boxes: 10
Franchise Pharmacies
Name
Appomattox Rexall
Cavalier
Family Pharmacy
Farm Fresh Pharmacy
Food City
Kare
Medicine Shoppe
Modern
Neighborcare
Pharmercia
Pill Box
# of boxes
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
# of stores
1
1
3
1
2
2
4
1
1
1
1
Total # stores: 18
# drop-boxes: 0
0%
of our local franchise
pharmacies offer
drop-boxes
So far, independent pharmacies are a step
ahead in doing
the right thing.
Ask your pharmacist to provide a medication disposal drop-box where you buy your prescriptions. Ask your family and friends to speak up too!
Out of
61 CVS pharmacies
5
0
Zero.
Zip.
Goose egg.
Walmart provides
free medication disposal powder. A strong move, headed in the right direction. Find more info here.
1
CVS operates Target's pharmacies.
Walmart owns Sam's Club.
Walgreens recently acquired RiteAid.
Franchise Pharmacies
Independent Pharmacies
0
out of 17 franchise pharmacies.
[Sad face].
out of 57
independent pharmacies.
10
Carilion Franklin Memorial Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Carilion Clinic Pharmacy Roanoke, VA 24016
Carilion Clinic Pharmacy Roanoke, VA 24014
Carilion Clinic Pharmacy Salem, VA 24153
Carilion Clinic Pharmacy Pearisburg, VA 24134
Carilion Clinic Pharmacy Lexington, VA 24450
Hot Springs Pharmacy Hot Springs, VA 24445
Ransens Drug Store Buchanan, VA 24066
Rustburg Family Pharmacy Rustburg, VA 24588
Starling Pharmacy Martinsville, VA 24112
Timberlake Family Pharmacy Lynchburg, VA 24502
Market Street Pharmacy New Castle, VA 24127
18%
of our independent
pharmacies offer
drop-boxes
Protect
and
Serve
By comparison:
Sheriff and Police stations
in the same 26 counties providingmedication disposal drop-boxes:
20
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Help us make some noise.
You can help!
Tell your pharmacist you want a medication drop-box inside the store where you buy your prescriptions. Ask your family and friends to do the same. Speaking up on this subject could quite possibly save a life.
Support us. This is the "low hanging fruit" of the addiction crisis. Your contribution will help us turn this into a national movement.
Partner with us. We're in this together.
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