by Margaret | Nov 22, 2020 | Circular Economy, News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship
Washington State Celebrates the Official Start of the First Statewide, Comprehensive Drug Take-Back Program Operated by the Pharmaceutical Industry! A fitting subtitle is “good things come to those who organize and persist”. It took many years of...
by Margaret | Jul 2, 2019 | News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship
A fourth state Legislature has voted overwhelmingly for a pharmaceutical stewardship, a.k.a. extended producer responsibility, approach to providing convenient drug take-back services to all residents. After many years of discussion on the issue, the Oregon...
by Margaret | Apr 24, 2019 | News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship, Safer Products & Practices
My latest dive into assessing whether medicine disposal products provide a safe, effective, and environmentally sound way to dispose of pharmaceuticals is now out in report form. Medicine Disposal Products: an overview of products & performance questions examines...
by Margaret | Jun 13, 2018 | Circular Economy, News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship
Thanks to NACo for helping share the news about successful pharmaceutical stewardship laws in Washington State. NACo County News published my article explaining how local policies served as innovative models and drove the adoption of WA’s statewide law. ...
by Margaret | May 14, 2018 | News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship
In just 4 hours on Saturday April 28th, people across the U.S. returned almost 1 million pounds of leftover and expired medicines for safe disposal. The 15th National DEA Drug Take-Back Day netted 949,046 pounds of drugs or 475.5 tons! Complete results of the...
by Margaret | Mar 22, 2018 | News, Pharmaceutical Stewardship
Proponents of pharmaceutical stewardship in Washington State are celebrating a new law to help reduce medicine misuse, poisonings, overdoses, and that will also help reduce pharmaceutical pollution – the WA Secure Drug Take-Back Act. This pharmaceutical...
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