
References
Background
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State of Prescription Drug Repository Programs -NCSL review
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Feasibility of an Oral Oncology Drug Repository Program - Journal of Clinical Pathways 1/5/21
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Development and Implementation of an Oral Oncology Drug Repository Program - JCO Oncology Practice 11/13/20
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Drug Repositories Aim to Solve Access Issues - Onc Live 8/18/20
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Ron DeSantis signs unused prescription drug donation bill - Flapol 6/9/20
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OSU Pilots Cancer Drug Repository Program - Pharmacy Practice News 5/26/20
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Text #FlipYourScrip to Easily Donate Unused drugs - Medscape 3/10/20
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Medscape Article: Recycling Unused Oral Cancer Drugs Endorsed by ASCO - Medscape 2/21/20
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Drug Takeback Proposal Aims To Keep Unwanted Medicine Off Illinois Streets, And Out Of The Water - NPR Illinois 2/17/20
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Effects on Treatment Adherence of Distributing Essential Medicines at No Charge -The CLEAN Meds Randomized Clinical Trial - JAMA Intern Med 10/7/19
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Allow Docs to Recycle Chemo Pills, Already - Medscape 1/9/19
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Recycling Discarded Drugs: Improving Access to Oral Antineoplastic Drugs - 12/19/18
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States Look to Drug Donations to Improve Access to Medication - NCSL 11/7/18
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OK to Give Leftover Chemo Pills to Needy Patients in Tennessee - Medscape 11/1/18
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Medicine donation program helps many Georgians who can't afford what they need - Georgia Health News 8/7/18
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Want to cut health-care costs? Start with the obscene amount of waste - Washington Post 12-28-17
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America’s Other Drug Problem - ProPublica 4/27/17
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Drug Recycling Programs Offer Promise but Are Slow in Coming - US News & World Report 2/19/16
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Recycling Unused Medicines to Save Money and Lives - NYT 3/20/15
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Drugs in the Environment: Do Pharmaceutical Take-Back Programs Make a Difference? - Environ Health Perspect 5/10
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Dosed Without Prescription: Preventing Pharmaceutical Contamination of Our Nation’s Drinking Water - Natural Resources Defense Council 1/10
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Hurdles Facing Unused Prescription Drug Repositories - Scientific American 2/1/09
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SIRUM - Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - national nonprofit founded by students at Stanford University to help the uninsured and underinsured and others struggling to pay their prescription costs
Illinois Specific
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A medication repository would help patients who can't afford prescription drugs - Chicago Tribune 4/29/19
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Plan to reuse prescription drugs stuck on final hurdles - Chicago Tribune 8/20/11
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ILGA LRU - 5/07
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What’s in your water?- Chicago Tribune 4/17/08
Established Programs