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• Dispose of all unused and expired medicine immediately and properly.
• Do not place medicine in the trash or recycling, and never flush it down the toilet or drain as it pollutes the environment and waterways or could be misused by someone for whom it wasn’t prescribed.
• Properly dispose of expired and unwanted medicine by dropping it off at a drug take-back event, a year-round disposal site, or dispose of it by mail. Learn more at MED-Project.org or bit.ly/DEATake-Back.

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• Clark Medicine & Sharps Disposal Flyer
• Skamania Medicine & Sharps Disposal Flyer
• Klickitat Medicine & Sharps Disposal Flyer
• Med-Project Medication Education and Disposal

• About half of the Washington State Poison Center calls are related to young children accidentally ingesting medications found at home.¹
• Young children, pets, and seniors are at risk of accidental poisonings by unlocked medications in the home.
• In the case of an accidental ingestion, call the Poison Help number, 1-800-222-1222, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Did you know 63.4% of people who misused prescription pain relievers did not have a prescription themselves and received the medications from a friend, family member, or another source? ² In fact, more than 4 in 10 teens who misused or abused a prescription drug took it from their parent’s medicine cabinet. ³ Keep all medications, alcohol, and marijuana locked and out of reach of teens and young children.

• Reduce chemicals in the environment by disposing of medications at a drug take back site, mail-back program, or drug take back event.
• Do not flush medications down the toilet or drain – drugs are harmful to our water and our environment. ³
• Do not throw away medication in the trash – it’s easily accessible to people going through trash, or it will eventually end up in our water or environment.