May 10th, 2023
Summit Recordings Available Below!
Meeting Materials
- Agenda
- Background Briefing Document
- Analysis of Educational Messaging on Pharmaceutical Disposal in Missouri
- MO Fact Sheet on Pharmaceuticals
- Map of Pharmaceutical Take-Back Locations in MO
Every fourteen minutes, an American dies from an unintentional drug overdose. Among children, emergency room visits for accidental drug poisonings are twice as common as poisonings from other household products. Unfortunately, flushing unwanted meds isn’t the answer. Doing so sends them into rivers, streams, and other waterways. Chemicals from medicines can then show up in our drinking water and have harmful effects on aquatic life.
In Missouri, unwanted medication is too often left in cabinets for years, flushed, or thrown directly in the trash and enters landfill leachate that cannot be filtered from wastewater treatment plants. Pharmaceutical stewardship involves the safe storage and disposal of these medications.
All stakeholders interested in Missouri pharmaceutical stewardship were invited to join the Missouri Product Stewardship Council (MO PSC), in partnership with the Product Stewardship Institute, for a virtual summit on Pharmaceuticals Stewardship on May 10th, 2023.
Together, participants developed specific next steps for implementing a pharmaceutical stewardship program in Missouri.
PSI Fact Sheets on Pharmaceuticals
- Drug Take-Back Saves Lives and Money
- In-Home Drug Disposal Products: Data Gaps and Misleading Claims
Funding
This meeting was funded by the Mid-America Regional Council & the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The MO PSC is coordinated by the Product Stewardship Institute.
missouripsc.org 