Long battle for a state drug take-back program must continue

The Olympian, March 13, 2011
The drug industry mounted a successful lobbying campaign to keep the state from becoming the first to approve a system that would do a better job of keeping unused prescription and over the counter drugs from being misused and abused.

A broad coalition of law enforcement agencies, local governments, health care professionals, environmental groups and substance abuse prevention networks vowed to continue their work to refine and promote legislation that would provide safe disposal of unused drugs, estimated at 10 percent to 30 percent of all drugs prescribed or sold over the counter.

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