To help keep our community safe from prescription drug abuse, misuse and potential poisonings, the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is hosting Pill Disposal Day on November 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Outpatient Care Center loop (555 S. 18th St.). This event is open to the community and allows participants the chance to bring their expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter pills to the hospital. Law enforcement officers will dispose of them in a safe, legal and environmentally conscious manner. According to the Ohio Department of Health and the Drug Enforcement Administration, 63 percent of teenagers believe that prescription drugs are easy to get from friends’ and family’s medicine cabinets. Not only do teenagers believe these drugs are easier to get their hands on, roughly 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time everyday. Participants can only bring pills. We do not accept liquids, liquid-filled capsules, patches or syringes. For more information, visit www.americanmedicinechest.com. The Central Ohio Poison Center is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week and staffed with pharmacists and nurses specially-trained in poison treatment. Call the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital at 1-800-222-1222 if your child swallows something suspicious or potentially harmful.
To help keep our community safe from prescription drug abuse, misuse and potential poisonings, the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is hosting Pill Disposal Day on November 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Outpatient Care Center loop (555 S. 18th St.). This event is open to the community and allows participants the chance to bring their expired and unused prescription and over-the-counter pills to the hospital. Law enforcement officers will dispose of them in a safe, legal and environmentally conscious manner. According to the Ohio Department of Health and the Drug Enforcement Administration, 63 percent of teenagers believe that prescription drugs are easy to get from friends’ and family’s medicine cabinets. Not only do teenagers believe these drugs are easier to get their hands on, roughly 2,500 teenagers use a prescription drug to get high for the first time everyday. Participants can only bring pills. We do not accept liquids, liquid-filled capsules, patches or syringes. For more information, visit www.americanmedicinechest.com. The Central Ohio Poison Center is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week and staffed with pharmacists and nurses specially-trained in poison treatment. Call the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital at 1-800-222-1222 if your child swallows something suspicious or potentially harmful.
