TR - Expand Prescription Drug Take-back & Disposal Programs
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Drug Take-Back Day
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
VideoSeries | AUDIENCE: Law enforcement, Coalitions This video series outlines six elements of putting together a successful Take-Back event: Put a team together, finding a location, work plans and permits, outreach, the event, after the collection |
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Materials to promote National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day |
Promotional Media Materials | AUDIENCE: Law enforcement, Coalitions Customizable posters, pamphlets, digital billboards, print billboards, bus ads, site location banners, web buttons |
Offers spanish versions | |
Contact list | AUDIENCE: Law enforcement This is a list of DEA contacts in each state. Any law enforcement agency looking to host a take-back day needs to call the POC in their area. |
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Website | AUDIENCE: Law Enforcement, general public Information for general public and law enforcement agencies about holding an event. |
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Permanent Disposal Site
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
How to Website | AwareRx | AUDIENCE: Law enforcement, pharmacies, long term care facilities Site includes information on how to set up a permanent drug disposal site at pharmacies, long term care facilities and law enforcement sites. |
The site also includes a drug disposal site locator. | |
Disposal at Law Enforcement Agency MedReturn Drug Collection Unit |
Product Specifications | MedReturn | AUDIENCE: Law enforcement These units are designed for safe and secure disposal of medications at law enforcement agencies. There are two types of units, one priced at $695 and one at $995. Below is a list of unit and order specifications |
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National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators Prescription Drug Drop Box Website |
Informational Website | AUDIENCE: Disposal Collectors Site includes information about buying a drop box, applying for grants, and adding your drop box to a locator map. |
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Drug Disposal Information
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
Website | Medicine Abuse Project | AUDIENCE: Parents A quick three part guide on how to monitor and safely dispose of potentially habit forming and addictive prescription drugs. |
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Policy Assessment | County Health Rankings & Roadmaps | AUDIENCE: General Public Proper Drug Disposal Programs are rated as Expert Opinion by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps. Strategies with this rating are recommended by credible, impartial experts but have limited research documenting effects; further research, often with stronger designs, is needed to confirm effects. |
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Website | AUDIENCE: Law Enforcement, general public, coalitions Information about safe disposal, registering for disposal, disposal rules. |
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Legal Document | AUDIENCE: Disposal Collectors, law enforcement |
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Rx Disposal Tools
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
DisposeRx General Information Sheet | Fact Sheet | Overview of Dispose Rx, it's use, benefits, and mission. | ||
DisposeRx and the Opioid Epidemic | Overview of the Opioid epidemic, scope of the issue, solution, and how to obtain packets. | |||
DisposeRx Opioid Epidemic Paper - Sept 2017 | ||||
Dispose Rx How to Use Video (1:37 min) |
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Rx Disposal Campaign
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
Social Media Kit for Rx Disposal Campaign | Social Media prompts | AUDIENCE: Everyone Designed to build off of the momentum of daylight savings, these prompts hope to build the habit of Rx disposal as easily as we change our clocks for daylight savings. The kit has facebook, twitter, and graphic examples that can be easily adopted by community coalitions. |
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Four Ways to Dispose of Your Old and Unused Prescription Drugs | Handout | AUDIENCE: Everyone Fact sheet describing four ways to properly dispose of prescription drugs. |
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Facts and Figures | Handout | AUDIENCE: Everyone Key facts for prescription drug misuse, distribution, and proper storage. |
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