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Put Pills in their Place. Not in the Toilet. Not in the Trash. Read more...
Not many places take old, expired prescription drugs. But a week after installing a free drop box to do just that, the Bainbridge Island, WA police know there’s plenty of unwanted medications to go around. Read more...
Children aged 5 years or younger accounted for 68.9 percent of the estimated 100,340 U.S. emergency department visits in 2008 that involved accidental ingestion of prescription medicines and other drugs, says a U.S. government report. Read more...
In the past, unused prescription medications have been thrown in the trash, where drug-seeking criminals might find them, or flushed down the toilet, which can pollute the water supply. Read more...