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Need to dispose of medication safely? Novant to host drive-thru events

The New Hanover Regional Medical Facility outpost in Scotts Hill is the end result of decades of maneuvering by a physician who predicted the future and recruited scores of doctors to follow him. (Port City Daily/Courtesy NHRMC)

NEW HANOVER COUNTY — Novant Health wants to ensure the public has a safe way to discard expired medications at an upcoming spring drive-thru.

Taking place April 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Novant Health will accept all medications, syringes and e-cigarette and vaping devices with batteries removed.

The event is scheduled to take place at multiple locations in the tri-county region:

  • Novant Health New Hanover Medical Plaza: 2243 South 17th St.
  • Novant Health Scotts Hill Outpatient Surgery Center: 9104 Market St.
  • Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center, 240 Hospital Drive NE, Bolivia

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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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