Drug rules prohibit reasonable disposal
Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah Attorney
General Mark Shurtleff is telling Congress that federal regulations
prohibit the commonsense disposal of prescription drugs, leading to an
excess supply of medicine that is accessible to children. Shurtleff was in Washington Thursday to testify before a U.S. House
subcommittee holding a hearing on secure and responsible drug disposal. In prepared testimony, Shurtleff says prescription drugs are too
readily available to minors and end up on the black market. He says he
supports a bill that would allow states to initiate take-back disposal
programs. Shurtleff says that in 2007, 317 people died in Utah as a result of
prescription overdoses, nearly twice the number who died due to
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