PARIS – The Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program, which provides postage-paid mailing kits to participating pharmacies in the area, has arrived in Oxford County.

Patrons can pick up kits and mail unused medicine to the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency for proper disposal.

The Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and administered by partnering agencies in Maine, helps to ensure that medicine is not available for misuse.

The free program is available at the following Oxford County locations and is open to all Maine residents: Oxford County Sheriff’s Department, 26 Western Ave., South Paris, 743-9554; Rite Aid Pharmacy, 259 Main St., Paris, 743-5177; Rite Aid Pharmacy, 7 Portland St., Rumford, 364-2969; Rite Aid Pharmacy, 119 Bridgton Road, Fryeburg, 935-2045; Rite Aid Pharmacy, 28 Mayville Road, Bethel, 824-8085.

Kits come with instructions and postage-paid mailers. For more information, contact mail-back program volunteers Barbara Payne at 743-5677 or Chris Longley at 824-2690 or e-mail [email protected].

The program is coordinated by the UMaine Center on Aging, Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.