Medicine

Take Back Your Meds is a group of health organizations, police, drugstores, local governments, environmental groups, and others in Washington State who support medicine take-back programs to reduce access to highly-addictive drugs, reduce the risk of poisonings, and reduce environmental contamination.

Take Back Your Meds

Take Back Your Meds is a group of health organizations, police, drugstores, local governments, environmental groups, and others in Washington State who support medicine take-back programs to reduce access to highly-addictive drugs, reduce the risk of poisonings, and reduce environmental contamination.

Take Back Your Meds is a group of health organizations, police, drugstores, local governments, environmental groups, and others in Washington State who support medicine take-back programs to reduce access to highly-addictive drugs, reduce the risk of poisonings, and reduce environmental contamination.

The Royal Society: Special edition on pharmaceuticals in the environment

The Royal Society published a special issue on "Assessing risks and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on wildlife and ecosystems" in October 2014: 

PH:ARM Pilot Team: Pharmaceuticals from Households: A Return Mechanism

This report (PDF file, 3808Kb) pilot documents the results of a pilot project conducted in Washington State from 2006-2008 to demonstrate the viability, security, and convenience of a pharmacy-based collection model for unwanted household medicines, similar to programs operated by pharmaceu

SWANA Technical Policy T-10: Safe Disposal of Unused or Expired Household Pharmaceuticals (PDF file, 68KB)

Solid Waste Association of North America, July 20, 2011

Take Back Your Meds

Take Back Your Meds is a group of health organizations, police, drugstores, local governments, environmental groups, and others in Washington State who support medicine take-back programs to reduce access to highly-addictive drugs, reduce the risk of poisonings, and reduce environmental contamination.