Disposing of Prescription Medications Published Feb. 1, 2012 By Shelley Satterlee 28th Medical Operations Squadron ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- Unwanted medications can be dropped off between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Public Safety Building located at 300 Kansas City St., in Rapid City, or from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Evidence Building next door. Intentional misuse of prescription medications is America's fastest-growing drug abuse problem according to health professionals. One in five teens reportedly has abused prescription medication and accidental overdose of medicine is the number one cause of accidental death of Americans. Of those who abuse drugs, more start with prescription medications than with marijuana or cocaine combined. Seventy percent of those who abuse pharmaceuticals get them from friends or relatives, not a drug dealer or the Internet. For more information, call Shelley Satterlee, 28th Medical Operations Squadron Drug Demand Reduction Program manager, at (605) 385-3231.