 Well, there is now a safe and easy way to get rid of any unwanted or expired prescription drugs. Ascension Health now has two permanent drop-off boxes at the Brainerd and Baxter Clinic locations. And all you have to do is black out any personal information and anonymously drop off the unwanted or expired drugs into the box. Ascension started the drop-box program to bring it in to give patients a way to safely dispose of their medications. We got asked on a pretty, I'll say, regular basis to what was the proper way to dispose of them? Where could they bring them? How could they go about doing it? And it was a way to just make sure that they had a safe route to get rid of those. Take it to the box is another similar resource to dispose of unwanted drugs at your local county sheriff's office. Disposing of old medications is not only for patient safety, but also public safety. You know, maybe it was a pain medication or a medication that could be abused. And there's no longer a need for it for that particular patient and sometimes those have a habit of disappearing when they're just left in the cabinet and it's great to keep it out of our streets or our schools or wherever else that could potentially get diverted to. So it's a huge safety point. The blue drop-off boxes are free of charge and any individual can drop off medications regardless if you're an essential patient or not. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.