Decade of milestones
Stories from 2011
- Gift supports medical education center
- High schoolers shadow physicians
- Students dispose of expired meds
- Nursing students hone skills abroad
- Technology leads to dental precision
Students dispose of expired meds
The VCU School of Pharmacy’s Phi Delta Chi professional fraternity, in conjunction with the VCU Police Department, used the National Take-Back initiative to help people in Richmond properly dispose of expired or unused medications.
According to organizers, properly disposing of medications not only helps prevent drug abuse and poisoning, but can also help the environment. In 2010, Americans turned in a total of more than 121 tons of pills during the first National Take-Back Day. During the two events in 2011, an additional 388 tons of medication were collected and safely discarded.
Students who participated in the events reported that some drugs they collected dated back to the 1970s.
