Alameda County Gives Initial OK to Rx Drug ‘Take Back’ Plan
On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to grant preliminary approval to a proposal that would make pharmaceutical drugmakers responsible for the proper disposal of unused and expired medications. If the board grants final approval to the plan during a March 13 vote, the county would be the first in the nation to implement a pharmaceutical "take-back disposal" program.
- "Alameda County Set To Become First To Force Drugmakers To Take Back Pharmaceuticals" (Woodall, San Jose Mercury News, 2/28).