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How should I dispose of unneeded or expired medicines?

April 2, 2007

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That depends on whom you ask. Last year, for instance, the Harvard Heart Letter, a publication of Harvard Medical School, said neither flushing old drugs down the toilet nor throwing them out was a good method, because people and animals can get into the trash and drugs flushed away might end up in the water supply. (Full article: 262 words)