Drug Drop-Off
4/19/2018 8:10:00 AM - Behavioral Health

It’s that time of the year for the Saginaw Chippewa Annual Drug Drop Off.  GETTING RID OF OLD DRUGS IS IMPORTANT.  Please post and share for those that do not receive this email  

Keeping unused drugs around increases the risk that somebody other than you will get into them. Many accidental poisonings, especially of kids and the elderly, start in the medicine cabinet. Unused drugs are also a temptation for drug seekers. In a recent national survey, showed more than 50% of respondents who abused painkillers said they got them from family or friends—including their medicine cabinets.

For more information about safe ways to dispose of RX drugs visit: https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely/EnsuringSafeUseofMedicine/SafeDisposalofMedicines/default.htm