What do you do with expired prescription drugs?
Most people who abuse prescription painkillers get them from a friend or relative for free, according to research published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal. Health and safety officials want to change that.
Saturday marks National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and Colorado is in the process of ramping up with more than 100 permanent drop boxes in at least 43 counties, including at police agencies, pharmacies and health providers.
“Home medicine cabinets are really a significant source of prescription drugs that are abused nationwide, and in here in Colorado,” said Greg Fabisiak, the state’s program coordinator. “Statistics show that teens are well aware that medicine cabinets contain drugs that people no longer use or might have forgotten.”
CPR News asked its social media followers about how they deal with their leftover prescriptions and the results were all over the map.
To read the full story, go to: http://bit.ly/2yP5zIv.
Prescription drug drop-off locations
Durango Police Department: 990 East Second Ave., Durango
Bayfield Marshal’s Office: 1199 Bayfield Parkway, Bayfield
Southwest Memorial Hospital, 1311 N. Mildred Road, Cortez
For more information about the Colorado Household Medication Take-Back Program, visit
http://bit.ly/1SKsskm
.
