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Pharmaceutical collection legislation passed Leg. Steve Stern's (D. -16th L.D. Huntington) legislation that will implement a program for pharmaceutical collection in Suffolk County passed at the Legislature's September meeting. Prescription drug residues, including antibiotics and controlled substances, have been detected in drinking water supplies in a number of municipalities around the country and this law is an important pro-active step to prevent Suffolk County, which relies on a sole source aquifer for its drinking water supply, from facing this problem. The law will also reduce the potential for children and young adults to gain access to these medications. The program will establish collection locations at Police Precincts and other law enforcement agencies, where residents can drop unused and expired medication into a lock box on a voluntary basis, no questions asked. The medications will then be disposed of in an environmentally safe way.
"Facilitating the proper disposal of medication will protect our drinking water from contamination from pharmaceutical residues as a result of people flushing medications. Additionally, proper disposal prevents young people from accessing prescription medication and controlled substances," said Leg. Stern
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