[Pharmwaste] Skagit County WA Latest County to Approve Drug Companies Pay for Medicine Collection Bins

Heidi Sanborn Heidi at calpsc.org
Fri Feb 23 14:43:39 EST 2018


https://www.goskagit.com/news/skagit-county-approves-secure-medication-drop-boxes/article_e15fc68d-12c0-5ff3-bf9f-00d0fc523c8c.html

[Prescription medication]


MOUNT VERNON - Skagit County commissioners voted Wednesday to place secure drop boxes for prescription drugs at sites throughout the county.

The secure medication return program will consist of drop-off locations at places such as pharmacies and hospitals, as well as allow for secure mailing of unused prescription drugs.

Public Health Director Jennifer Johnson said the program will make disposing of opioids more convenient.

Public Health collected public comment from Jan. 29 to Feb. 20, and each response was in favor of the program, Johnson said.

At Wednesday's public hearing, commissioners Ron Wesen and Ken Dahlstedt voted for the ordinance to enact the program. Commissioner Lisa Janicki was absent.

Margaret Shield, a consultant with Community Environmental Health Strategies, said six other counties in the state have similar ordinances.

Pharmaceutical companies will foot the bill for the program.

Shield said pharmaceutical companies initially pushed back against funding the programs, but backed down after losing a federal court battle.

MED-Project, the organization created by pharmaceutical companies to operate medication return programs, is sponsored by 400 drug manufacturers.

The organization now has six months to draft and submit a plan to Skagit County detailing how it will collect and dispose of the prescription drugs, Shield said.

Public Health will then review the plan and return it for edits. Shield expects the process to take about a year.

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