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With a law that took effect this month, Washington state is making a bold attempt to reduce overdose deaths. Read more...
Because trace levels of pharmaceuticals have been detected in drinking water and linked to abnormalities in aquatic organisms, drug-disposal legislation has attracted broad support from public health officials, law enforcement agencies, and environmental groups.Yet the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, whose twelve largest companies made a profit of $US 44 billion in 2010, have countered with a coast-to-coast campaign to prevent lawmakers from making the industry pay for drug-disposal programs.... Read more...
DEA National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day was Saturday, with people taking advantage of the free, no-questions-asked national drug-disposal effort. Read more...
"The secure collection and disposal of unwanted medications is a key part of our drug abus prevention strategy", said Sheriff John Lovick from Snohomish County, Washington. "We collected nearly three thousand pounds of medicines in 2010, and need a partnership with the drug industry to keep these collections going." Read more...
