[Pharmwaste] Wisconsin report on Rx drug abuse

[Bickford, Barbara J - DNR (Barb)]

Wisconsin Releases Report on Prescription Drug Abuse

The Wisconsin State Council on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (SCAODA) has released a comprehensive report, "Reducing Wisconsin's Prescription Drug Abuse: A Call to Action -- Critical steps toward building a healthier Wisconsin."
http://www.scaoda.state.wi.us/docs/prevandspfsig/FINAL01032012CSWReport.pdf

The report recommends several actions relating to education, collection, waste reduction and destruction of household pharmaceuticals.

Barb Bickford, Medical Waste Coordinator
WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Waste & Materials Management program
101 S. Webster St.,  P.O. Box 7921,  Madison, WI   53707-7921
Phone:   608-267-3548                          FAX:  608-267-2768
barbara.bickford at wisconsin.gov OR DNRmedicalwaste at wisconsin.gov

Healthcare waste:  http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/HealthWaste/     (Note: new URL)
Wisconsin H2E:  http://wh2e.org<http://wh2e.org/>
Practice Greenhealth: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org<http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/>






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