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1.213 documents for disposal of medication

- United Water and NCPA Launch National Partnership for Safe Disposal of Unused Medication.
Program Helps Protect Nation's Waterways HARRINGTON PARK, N.J. -- United Water and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced a...
- Business Wire
- April 21, 2011
- City of Chula Vista, California Announces Free Medication Disposal Program for Residents
Sharps Compliance: Deborah Pawlowski, 716-843-3908
- Business Wire
- November 28, 2012
- City of Chula Vista, California Announces Free Medication Disposal Program for Residents.
HOUSTON & CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ: SMED) ("Sharps" or the "Company"), a leading full-service provider of cost-effective...
- Business Wire
- November 28, 2012

- Medication Collection Boxes Placed in a Dozen Locations ; Medreturn Boxes Enable the Disposal of Unwanted Drugs in Kennebec and Somerset Counties.
There are three things you don't want to do with unwanted medications: keep them at home, flush them down the toilet, or put them in the trash. At home, they might be taken by intruders or family; in the toilet and trash, they get into the water system and pose health hazards to humans and animals.
- Portland Press Herald
- April 11, 2011
- Cvs Caremark Offers Advice On Proper Management, Storage and Disposal of Medications in Light of New Study On Teen Abuse of Prescription Drugs ; Cvs Caremark Is a Gold Sponsor of the Partnership at Drugfree.Org's Medicine Abuse Project, Whose New National Study Shows Teen Misuse and Abuse of Rx Medication Is Up 33 Percent Since 2008; Cvs Is Committed to Helping the Partnership Prevent a Half Million Teens From Abusing Medicine by 2017 with Practical Advice and Convenient Resources
WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With National Drug Take Back Day scheduled for Saturday, April 27 and in light of a new national study revealing that one in four teenagers has misused or abused a prescription medication at least once, CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) is reminding families that proper management, storage and disposal of their medication can reduce access to drugs by young people in their homes. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO )
- U.S. Newswire
- April 26, 2013
- Rite Aid Encourages Customers to Dispose of Medication Safely with New Medication Disposal Program.
Special Envelopes Offer a Safe and Easy Way to Dispose of Prescription and OTC Medications CAMP HILL, Pa. -- To help its customers safely dispose of...
- Business Wire
- March 14, 2011
- Think Twice Before Flushing Your Old Meds
(NNPA)-Like many of you, I care a great deal about the health of our environment. As a parent, I want to be sure my kids can enjoy the benefits of clean air and water. I also want to be sure children can enjoy and respect all that the great outdoors offer. Tb achieve this, we all must do our part to responsibly protect the environment-including ensuring the safe disposal of medications. Sometimes, trace levels of pharmaceuticals can be detected in our water supplies-primarily as the result of normal patient use or improper disposal. But it's important to remember that research studies suggest it is highly unlikely that these extremely small quantities of pharmaceutical would be harmful to human health. We can all further minimize this risk by learning how to safely dispose of old or unu...
- New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition
- August 29, 2009
- Through History, Medicines Manage Health
drug safety seminar Sunset Park Place will host a free senior symposium on drug safety. It will be from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 15. This event will cover: medication storage, expiration dates, disposal of old, unnecessary products, organizational devices, unsafe/safe use of over-the-counter medications, excessive acetaminophen use (common in seniors), vaccines, patient financial assist programs and common insurance issues. From the beginning of time, humankind has sought to resolve and manage the health issues of young and old in the administration of rituals, remedies and medications.
- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- April 11, 2011
- Bulletin Board
FUTURE EVENTS * Kanawha County Sheriff's Office will be participating with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in an effort to ensure proper disposal of unused prescription medication from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. During those hours, the public can drop off their unused medications at the Chelyan, Sissonville or St. Albans detachments of the sheriff's office with no questions asked.
- Charleston Gazette
- October 28, 2011
- For Safe Prescription Drug Disposal
TULSA, Okla., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is partnering with the City of Tulsa and Covanta WBH, the owner/operator of the Energy-from-Waste facility in Tulsa to safely dispose of prescription drugs collected throughout the state. Since March 1, 2011, through the Safe Trip for Scripts Program, OBN has distributed nearly one-hundred (100) permanent drug disposal metal containers in police and sheriff department lobbies for the public to safely dispose of prescription drugs in their homes and medicine cabinets. To date, the agency has collected nearly one (1) ton of old, expired medication from the disposal containers. OBN Spokesman Mark Woodward says it's critical to get these drugs out of the home. Prescription drug abuse is a growing epidemic in...
- U.S. Newswire
- July 28, 2011