Preventing Prescription Drug & Opioid Abuse

Lock. Monitor. Take Back. is an evidence-based prevention effort with the primary goal of reducing access to prescription drugs, especially opioids, by encouraging North Dakotans to be safe with their medications, including promoting North Dakota Take Back locations, and promoting ways communities can support this effort at the local level.

North Dakota's Prescription Drug Take Back Program offers residents two locations to dispose of unwanted medications – at listed local law enforcement agencies and participating pharmacies. To find a location near you, visit ND Take Back Program Locations.

To support these community efforts, the Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Division in collaboration with the Reducing Pharmaceutical Narcotics Task Force is launching ‘Stop Overdose’. This statewide campaign is built on saving lives by sharing information and providing resources for those impacted by this public health concern from family and friends to prescribers, pharmacists, behavioral health counselors, and first responders. Click here for more information, resources and campaign materials.