# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Drug Take Back Event
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Truman VA will hold a drive-up drug take back event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 24, in the medical center’s patient and visitor garage (near the elevators). Participants should drive into the garage using the upper northwest entrance (near the elevators). Volunteers will walk to the vehicle and collect medications at the driver’s window. The drive-up event provides participants an opportunity to safely remove expired, unused, and/or unwanted pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications from their homes for proper disposal without having to leave their vehicle during the drop-off process. Items that will not be accepted include needles, intravenous (IV) solutions, injectables, and/or syringes due to the potential hazard posed by blood-borne pathogens. Additionally, no inhalers or other compressed air cylinders will be accepted.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/drug-take-back-event/200029882709336
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 800 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO, United States, Missouri 65201
- **lat**: 38.93727
- **long**: -92.32888
- **full address**: 800 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO, United States, Missouri 65201

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Drug Take Back Event being held?
  - **A:** Drug Take Back Event takes place on Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am to Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 02:00 pm at 800 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO, United States, Missouri 65201.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Drug Take Back Event?
  - **A:** Drug Take Back Event is organized by Columbia MO VA Medical Center.

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