U.S. Attorney Alicia A.G. Limtiaco who was the guest speaker during Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting at the Hyatt Regency said this will be the second time for the NMI to join, and the third time for Guam.
Limtiaco said that they are urging people who have stocks of unused or expired prescription drugs to dispose of them properly by turning them over at places that will be designated later.
The purpose of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign is to provide venues for people who want to safely dispose of unused or expired prescription drugs. The first time NMI joined the National Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign was in April 30 this year at the Horigichi Building in Garapan.
Limtiaco said the U.S. Attorney’s Office has been working with various health and law enforcement agencies for this initiative which they started in 2010.
Limtiaco said that expired or unused prescription medicines include those that were left behind by sick family members who have passed away.
“These medicines should be disposed of,” she said.
Limtiaco stressed the importance of properly disposing expired and unused prescription drugs at home to reduce the possibility of drug abuse by members of the family, friends, or visitors during her presentation on the Red Ribbon Campaign, a program which aims to reduce demand for drugs through prevention and education programs at the meeting.
The Drug Enforcement Administration hosted the first Prescription Drug Take-Back Campaign on September, 25, 2010 where the American public turned in more than 242,000 lbs. of prescription drugs to hundreds of collection sites across the nation.
