March 2019

Education and Convenient Access to Drug Disposal Kiosks Critical for Effective Drug Take-Back

A new study published in the Journal of Pain Research shows that opioid-prescribed patients who receive information on the importance of drug disposal are three times more likely to dispose of unused drugs rather than keep them in home medicine cabinets where they can be a gateway for abuse. Most significantly, 84 percent of patients said they would use a drug disposal kiosk if one were located at a place they frequently…