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| Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen and Miss Washington Reina Almon present Mayor David Baker with prevention award. |
The
King County Board of Health Subcommittee on Secure Medicine Return is the
recipient of a Washington State Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Award in
the Local Government category. Board of Health member David Baker, mayor
of Kenmore, received the award on behalf of the subcommittee at an awards event
held October 21 during the Washington State Prevention Summit in Yakima.
Lieutenant
Governor Brad Owen bestowed the award stating:
“The adoption of a
secure medicine return program in King County is part of a multi-pronged
strategy for preventing youth medicine abuse. It goes hand-in-hand with
coalition and community-based educational activities; the statewide
prescription monitoring program; law enforcement efforts to break up illegal
sales of medications; and national campaigns teaching people to lock up their
medications. As with all substance abuse prevention, multiple partners
are needed to be most effective. The King County Board of Health's
Subcommittee on Secure Medicine Return is a perfect example of government
playing their part in prevention.”
The Subcommittee on Secure Medicine Return developed a
rule and regulation to establish a secure medicine return program in King
County that will reduce the amount of unused and unwanted medicines in homes
and be part of a comprehensive, community-wide strategy for preventing youth
substance abuse. King County is only the second jurisdiction in the
United States to adopt medicine return program using a product stewardship
model that requires pharmaceutical companies doing business in the county to
implement and pay for it.
To learn more about the Secure Medicine Return program,
visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/BOH/MedicineTakeback.aspx
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