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Title: Unused Pharmaceutical Disposal Program


1
Unused Pharmaceutical Disposal Program
  • Public Law 2003
  • Chapter 679
  • Administered by MDEA

2
The Problem
  • Unused prescription drugs at home.
  • Prescription drug abuse
  • Pharmacies reluctant or unable to take back
    unneeded drugs
  • Disposal then is accomplished by flushing them
    down the toilet or discarding them in trash.
  • Maine 1,763, 829 scripts schedule II-IV
    drugs. Ave. 1.34 scripts per person. PMP
    7/04-7/05

3
Environmental Issues.
  • Pharmaceuticals are showing up in tests conducted
    on various bodies of water around the globe
  • US Geologic Survey downstream of waste water
    treatment plants Kolpin 1999 2000
  • Compounds not destroyed by sewerage treatment
    Antibiotic, antidepressants, tranquillizers,
    blood lipid regulators, anticancer drugs.
    Daughton 1999
  • Estrogen disposal can interfere with fish
    reproduction Raloff 2004

4
Federal and State requirements
  • Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
    Adopted by Maine.
  • Household paramaceutical waste is exempt from
    laws governing hazardous waste disposal.
  • Prescription drugs separated from household waste
    and accumulated from more than one household must
    then be disposed of under federal regulations.
  • Schedule II-V witnessed burn
  • OTC pharmaceuticals non-witnessed burn.

5
Maine Drug Return Implementation
GroupRecommendations
  • Voluntary turn-in events
  • Penobscot County AARP
  • A one day event at South Portland
  • collected 55,000 pills. Enough to fill a
  • 55 gal container
  • Coordination MDEP, MDEA, DHHS, Atty Genl.
  • Funding for collection Transportation, Storage
    and Disposal.

6
Recommendatons
  • Mail-in program
  • Packaging for Mailing
  • Mail reciept, storage and disposal
  • Funding no state funding.
  • Starting date changed to July 2006
  • Product stewardship responsibility of
    manufacturer

7
General Recommendations
  • Redistribution program for unneeded
    pharmaceuticals of health facilities, drug
    manufacturere, drug wholesale terminal
    distributers and hospitals.
  • Ammendment to federal regulations for safe
    effective methods of disposal for controlled
    substances.
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