Dump Old Drugs Safely
Arthritis Today|May/June 2017

Get unwanted or risky meds out of your home.

Miriam Wuensch
Dump Old Drugs Safely

We all have unused and expired medications. In fact, recent research estimated the annual value of unused medications to be $2.4 billion to $5.4 billion in the United States.

Proper disposal of prescription and over-the-counter medications not only helps prevent damage to the environment, but it also reduces the chance that drugs, especially opioid pain medications, may be accidentally or intentionally misused.

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