On June 27, 2008, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department in Florida will conduct an event called Operation Medicine Cabinet. The program is aimed to safely dispose of unused prescription medication.

The purpose of the program is to help prevent accidental medication errors as well as promote proper disposal of prescription medication. Improperly disposed medication has been found to have an effect on the environment.

If a medication has been flushed down the toilet, or put down a drain, it may not be filtered out at a water treatment plant. Because of this, marine life has begun to test positive for medication toxicity in some parts of the country.

In the program, all medication that is turned in will be incinerated.

Defective drug attorneys are working to help those who have become seriously ill due to defective medication and medication errors.

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