{"id":3288,"date":"2009-06-25T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2017-12-11T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T18:42:34","slug":"pharmacy-bags-prescription-drup-abuse-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/3288\/pharmacy-bags-prescription-drup-abuse-prevention","title":{"rendered":"Pharmacy Bags &#8211; Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov\/drugfact\/prescr_drg_abuse.html\">Prescription drug abuse is a major problem<\/a>. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has come out with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncjrs.gov\/ondcppubs\/publications\/pdf\/prescrip_disposal.pdf\">new guidelines<\/a> for the proper disposing of prescription drugs to help prevent this. A great way for local drug awareness councils, community drug abuse organizations and other drug abuse programs to put this to use is with our custom printed <a href=\"\/bags\/paper\/prescription-pharmacy\">pharmacy bag \/ prescription bag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of our past clients printed the following instructions our imprint prescription bags and is handing them out to local pharmacies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">GUIDELINES FOR PROPER<br \/>\nDISPOSAL OF<br \/>\nPRESCRIPTION DRUGS<\/p>\n<p>Do you have unused, unneeded, or expired (outdated) prescription drugs around the house?\u00a0 The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has issued new guidelines for disposing of these medicines.<br \/>\nThe following guidelines are designed to reduce the diversion (transferring a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful source) of prescription drugs, while protecting the environment:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Take unused, unneeded, or outdated prescription drugs out of their original containers<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Mix the prescription drugs with an undesirable substance,\u00a0 like used coffee grounds or kitty litter, and put them in waterproof, plain containers, such as empty cans or sealable bags, making sure that the drugs are not diverted or accidentally ingested by children or pets<\/p>\n<p>\u2022Throw these containers in the trash or flush prescription drugs down the toilet only if the accompanying patient information instructs it is safe to do so.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more information contact:<br \/>\nXXXXXX County Drug Awareness Council<br \/>\n555 Fake Road, Fakeville ST, 55555<br \/>\nPhone:\u00a0 800-555-5555 Fax:\u00a0 555-555-5555<br \/>\nAsk for John Smith or Jane Doe\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_3289\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/bags\/paper\/prescription-pharmacy\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3289\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3289\" title=\"0_bags_paper_prescription_-_pharmacy_lg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/0_bags_paper_prescription_-_pharmacy_lg-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Custom Printed Prescription and Pharmacy Bags\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/0_bags_paper_prescription_-_pharmacy_lg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/0_bags_paper_prescription_-_pharmacy_lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/0_bags_paper_prescription_-_pharmacy_lg.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Custom Printed Prescription and Pharmacy Bags<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click on the product photo for more information<br \/>\nor<br \/>\nSee all of our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/bags\/paper\">Imprinted Paper Bags<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prescription drug abuse is a major problem. The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) has come out with new guidelines for the proper disposing of prescription drugs to help prevent this. A great way for local drug awareness councils, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/3288\/pharmacy-bags-prescription-drup-abuse-prevention\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1368,36,767,768,770,125,766,630,765,246,769],"class_list":["post-3288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-promotional-product-ideas","tag-awareness-items","tag-bags","tag-drug-abuse-prevention","tag-drug-abuse-programs","tag-drug-awareness","tag-hospitals","tag-paper-bags","tag-pharmacies","tag-pharmacy-prescription-bags","tag-prescription-drug","tag-prescription-drug-abuse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imprintitems.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}