RAPID is a community-led initiative supported regionally by the PSNI and Public Health Agency, and locally by Drug and Alcohol Coordination Teams and Policing and Community Safety Partnerships.
RAPID raises awareness of the risks and harms to individuals, to families and to communities of using and misusing drugs.
RAPID DISPOSAL STATIONS
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The Co-operative Food - Old Park Road
Address: 523-525 Old Park Road, Belfast, BT14 6QU
Phone: 028 9039 0900
Today Shop Sandy Row
Connswater Shopping Centre
Spar Jordanstown
The Resurgam Trust, Lagan view Enterprise Centre
Shaftesbury Community and Recreation Centre
Greater Village Regeneration Trust
Serpentine Pharmacy
Grove Health and Wellbeing Centre
Seymour Hill Shops
Euro Spar Dundonald
Tesco Knocknagoney
Kennedy Centre
Shantallow Community Residents Association
HURT Offices
Hamilton's Spar
Northside Village Centre
Old Library Trust
Bishop Street Community Centre
The Gasyard Centre
Supervalu Omagh
Arc Healthy Living Centre
Rooney’s EURO Spar
Redburn Loughview Forum
Glenavy Youth Centre
Holy Trinity Youth Centre
N Queen St Surgery
Tesco City Side
McKenna’s Spar
Ballymagroarty Community Centre
Derry Strabane District Council have a new bin in Ballymagroarty Community Centre
The Nautilus Centre
Portadown Health Centre
Future Proof
BT32 3AX
Tesco Extra Craigavon
Tesco Superstore Lurgan
45 Millennium Way, Lurgan, Craigavon BT66 8DH
TMAC Centre Keady
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7 The Cow Fair, Keady, Armagh BT60 3TD |
Newry North Street carpark
27 North St, Newry BT34 1DB
Camlough Hughes garage NISA
6 Main St, Camlough, Newry BT35 7JG
The Nautilus Centre
The Nautilus Centre, Rooney Rd, Kilkeel, Newry, BT34 4AG
Tesco Superstore Dungannon
Beechvalley Way, Dungannon, BT71 7BN
ASDA Shore Road
Ards Community Network
Tesco, Orritor Road, Cookstown
Tesco, Ballyronin Rd, Magherafelt
Tesco, Superstore, Larne Rd, Ballymena
Newry Leisure Centre
Newry Leisure Centre
Cecil Street
Newry
Co. Down
BT35 6AU
Springisland Supermarket
Springisland Supermarket
2 Washing Bay Road
Coalisland
Dungannon
BT71 4ND
Public Toilets
Public Toilets
139 Main Street
Fivemiletown
BT75 0PG
The Mall, Armagh
Williamson's Spar, Rostrevor
NISA, Mulkerns, Kileavy
The Old Courthouse, Market Square, Antrim
The Diamond, Newtownabbey
CRUN, Brook Street, Coleraine
The Braid Valley Health Centre, Ballymena
The Link Community Centre, Maghera
ASDA, Ballyclare
Eurospar Crumlin
Spar Hillview Service Station, Randalstown
Spar, 12 Main St, Dundrum
Eurospar, 2 High St, Portaferry
Cardinal O'Fiaich Square
Belcoo Enterprise Centre
4-6 Rathfriland Rd
The Square
The Square, Newtownhamilton,
Tesco Lisburn Road, 369 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7EP
Spar shop 2 Aghalee Rd, Aghagallon, Craigavon BT67 0AR
Corcrain/Redmanville Community Hub. 5-7 Corcrain Avenue Portadown, Craigavon BT62 4AF.
Vivo Extra
Vivo
Eurospar, Millisle 26 Moss Rd
Limavady Community Development Initiative
McKenna’s Spar
Simon Community, 12-14 Bonds Hill, Londonderry BT47 6DW
Simon Community, 14-16 Melrose Terrace Londonderry BT47 6DS
Tesco, Lisnagelvin Shopping Centre, Lisnagelvin Rd, Londonderry BT47 6DA
Kelly’s Spar Shop
Hamilton’s Spar Shop
Hamilton’s Spar
Pennyburn Youth Club
Glen Development Initiative
Ballycolman Community Centre
Gransha Hospital. DSDC (Clinical disposal)
Haughey’s Costcutter
Courthouse Community Centre
Heaney’s Spar Shop
Lily’s Centra
Mountfield Community Centre
Omagh Leisure Centre
Tesco
Kilcooley Community Forum
The Co-operative Food - Old Park Road
Address: 523-525 Old Park Road, Belfast, BT14 6QU
Phone: 028 9039 0900
Today Shop Sandy Row
Connswater Shopping Centre
Spar Jordanstown
The Resurgam Trust, Lagan view Enterprise Centre
Shaftesbury Community and Recreation Centre
Greater Village Regeneration Trust
Serpentine Pharmacy
Grove Health and Wellbeing Centre
Seymour Hill Shops
Euro Spar Dundonald
Tesco Knocknagoney
Kennedy Centre
Shantallow Community Residents Association
HURT Offices
Hamilton's Spar
Northside Village Centre
Old Library Trust
Bishop Street Community Centre
The Gasyard Centre
Supervalu Omagh
Arc Healthy Living Centre
Rooney’s EURO Spar
Redburn Loughview Forum
Glenavy Youth Centre
Holy Trinity Youth Centre
N Queen St Surgery
Tesco City Side
McKenna’s Spar
Ballymagroarty Community Centre
Derry Strabane District Council have a new bin in Ballymagroarty Community Centre
The Nautilus Centre
Portadown Health Centre
Future Proof
BT32 3AX
Tesco Extra Craigavon
Tesco Superstore Lurgan
45 Millennium Way, Lurgan, Craigavon BT66 8DH
TMAC Centre Keady
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7 The Cow Fair, Keady, Armagh BT60 3TD |
Newry North Street carpark
27 North St, Newry BT34 1DB
Camlough Hughes garage NISA
6 Main St, Camlough, Newry BT35 7JG
The Nautilus Centre
The Nautilus Centre, Rooney Rd, Kilkeel, Newry, BT34 4AG
Tesco Superstore Dungannon
Beechvalley Way, Dungannon, BT71 7BN
ASDA Shore Road
Ards Community Network
Tesco, Orritor Road, Cookstown
Tesco, Ballyronin Rd, Magherafelt
Tesco, Superstore, Larne Rd, Ballymena
Newry Leisure Centre
Newry Leisure Centre
Cecil Street
Newry
Co. Down
BT35 6AU
Springisland Supermarket
Springisland Supermarket
2 Washing Bay Road
Coalisland
Dungannon
BT71 4ND
Public Toilets
Public Toilets
139 Main Street
Fivemiletown
BT75 0PG
The Mall, Armagh
Williamson's Spar, Rostrevor
NISA, Mulkerns, Kileavy
The Old Courthouse, Market Square, Antrim
The Diamond, Newtownabbey
CRUN, Brook Street, Coleraine
The Braid Valley Health Centre, Ballymena
The Link Community Centre, Maghera
ASDA, Ballyclare
Eurospar Crumlin
Spar Hillview Service Station, Randalstown
Spar, 12 Main St, Dundrum
Eurospar, 2 High St, Portaferry
Cardinal O'Fiaich Square
Belcoo Enterprise Centre
4-6 Rathfriland Rd
The Square
The Square, Newtownhamilton,
Tesco Lisburn Road, 369 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7EP
Spar shop 2 Aghalee Rd, Aghagallon, Craigavon BT67 0AR
Corcrain/Redmanville Community Hub. 5-7 Corcrain Avenue Portadown, Craigavon BT62 4AF.
Vivo Extra
Vivo
Eurospar, Millisle 26 Moss Rd
Limavady Community Development Initiative
McKenna’s Spar
Simon Community, 12-14 Bonds Hill, Londonderry BT47 6DW
Simon Community, 14-16 Melrose Terrace Londonderry BT47 6DS
Tesco, Lisnagelvin Shopping Centre, Lisnagelvin Rd, Londonderry BT47 6DA
Kelly’s Spar Shop
Hamilton’s Spar Shop
Hamilton’s Spar
Pennyburn Youth Club
Glen Development Initiative
Ballycolman Community Centre
Gransha Hospital. DSDC (Clinical disposal)
Haughey’s Costcutter
Courthouse Community Centre
Heaney’s Spar Shop
Lily’s Centra
Mountfield Community Centre
Omagh Leisure Centre
Tesco
Kilcooley Community Forum
WHAT IS IT?
RAPID IS A HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SAFETY FOCUSED INITIATIVE THAT PROMOTES AND FACILITATES THE REMOVAL OF ALL TYPES OF PRESCRIPTION AND ILLEGAL DRUGS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Your local DACT Connections Service and Policing and Community Safety Partnership have worked closely with community partners and local businesses to identify a suitable location for the RAPID drug disposal bin in your area.
Should you have, or come across, unwanted or unused drugs (whether prescribed or illegal) you are encouraged to deposit them in the RAPID bin safely and discreetly enabling police to then dispose of the drugs ensuring that they are out of ‘harm’s way’ for good.
The RAPID drug disposal bin is purposefully located in a place designed to offer as much anonymity as possible to the person making the deposit. Police routinely collect and record information on the drugs deposited in the bins however no personal information is required or sought.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DRUGS HANDED IN?
It is the responsibility of the PSNI and DACT Connections Teams to regularly empty and record the contents (in relation to types and quantities of drugs that have been deposited) of the RAPID drug disposal bin.
Once emptied and recorded, the drugs are then taken to a local PSNI Station where they are stored until they can be destroyed.
Police may send some random samples (or a specific substance if there’s cause for concern) to the Forensic Service of Northern Ireland for verification and/or to assess their toxic quality.
Statistics on the type and quantities of drugs collated and destroyed via the RAPID initiative are available by contacting your local DACT Connections Service (details given in our ‘Contact Us’ section) or the local PCSP for your area.
ILLEGAL DRUGS
While the RAPID bins can be used to dispose of all types of drugs to date only trace amounts of illegal drugs have been deposited in the existing bins with the vast majority of deposits (over 90%) being that of prescription medication tablets (though these may not necessarily have been prescribed via a GP i.e. obtained illegally and/or be counterfeit in nature)
Why host a RAPID bin? Some of our current partners explain the benefits:
Resurgam Health Living Centre, Old Warren, Lisburn
Redburn Loughview Community Forum, Holywood
Kennedy Centre, West Belfast
THE AIMS OF RAPID
The overall aim of the RAPID initiative is to reduce risk – at individual, family and community level – in relation to drug use and availability by providing a means for local people to dispose of, any drugs that they may have obtained, directly or indirectly, and which they would now like to ensure are put out of harm’s way.
Reduced availability = reduced opportunities in relation to both supply and demand = safer communities
Increased awareness = individuals more informed about risks and consequences and therefore making better choices = safer communities
How to get involved…
If you want to get involved in RAPID, simply fill out the expression of interest form below and it will be picked up by your local DACT-Drug and Alcohol Coordination Team rep and/or your local PCSP-Policing and Community Safety Partnership rep who will get back to you in due course.
Get Involved
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Lifeline support is available for deaf people and those with hearing difficulties. Textphone users can contact Lifeline on 18001 0808 808 8000.
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