TRENTON, N.J. – With today’s unanimous vote, the Assembly advanced a bill (A5667), sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Ned Thomson, requiring pharmacies and hospice programs to provide patients with information and methods to safely discard prescription medications. Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a similar bill...
TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced a bill (A5667), sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Ned Thomson, requiring pharmacies and hospice programs to provide patients with information and methods to safely discard prescription medications. Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a similar bill (S3240) in...
TRENTON, N.J. – The Health and Senior Services Committee advanced a bill (A5667), sponsored by Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce and Assemblyman Ned Thomson, requiring pharmacies and hospice programs to provide patients with information and methods to safely discard medications and needles. Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a similar bill (S3240)...
TRENTON, N.J. – One-in-three Americans have expired or unused medication sitting in their bathroom cabinets, which too often end up into the wrong hands, infiltrate landfills or water supplies. A bill (S3240) requiring pharmacists to educate their patients on how to safely discard unused, unwanted or expired drugs and...