North Carolina's Operation Medicine Drop: Results From One of the Nation's Largest Drug Disposal Programs | Zendy

Eleanor Fleming | Zendy; Scott Proescholdbell | Zendy; Nidhi Sachdeva | Zendy; Apostolos A. Alexandridis | Zendy; Lewis H. Margolis | Zendy; Kelly Ransdell | Zendy

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North Carolina's Operation Medicine Drop: Results From One of the Nation's Largest Drug Disposal Programs

Author(s) -

Eleanor Fleming,

Scott Proescholdbell,

Nidhi Sachdeva,

Apostolos A. Alexandridis,

Lewis H. Margolis,

Kelly Ransdell

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

north carolina medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2379-4313

pISSN - 0029-2559

DOI - 10.18043/ncm.77.1.59

Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , public health , pill , enforcement , population , environmental health , emergency medicine , medical emergency , unit (ring theory) , family medicine , law enforcement , nursing , political science , law , mathematics education , mathematics

In 2013, a total of 1,085 North Carolina residents died due to unintentional poisoning; 91% of these deaths were attributed to medications or drugs (over-the-counter, prescription, or illicit). Proper disposal of unused, unneeded, and/or expired medications is an essential part of preventing these unintentional deaths, as well as averting the other adverse consequences of these drugs on the environment and population health.

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