Advocates want to recycle CT's wasted prescription drugs. The state says it's already doing that.
Social service advocates were hoping to change a state law so they could funnel unused prescription drugs to the uninsured. But a 20-year-old, little-known program is scuttling their plans.
Thomas Buckley, a professor of pharmacy at UConn, discusses a proposal to recycle unused medication during the inaugural forum of the Greater Hartford Interfaith Action Alliance at CCSU. Thomas Buckley stood under the blinding stage lights at Central Connecticut State University and brought a microphone to his mouth. Between cheers from the boisterous crowd, the professor laid out his ambitious plan for helping poor people get access to costly prescription drugs. “Every year in the United States, $5 billion worth of perfectly good medicines are wasted. Thrown away!” he said, his pitch rising.
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