By Jemima Desbrow
More than 60 per cent of Australians currently have unwanted medicines in their home according to a new study conducted by Griffith School of Human Services and Social work.
And the majority of respondents (more than 80 per cent) was completely unaware of the Return Unwanted Medicines (RUM) Project. The most common method of disposal was through household garbage.
Funded by the Commonwealth Government, the RUM Project is hailed as a world first in the management and removal of unwanted and out-of-date medicines from the community.
RUM’s new national awareness campaign is being held next week and will ask people to follow three simple steps of READ, REMOVE and RETURN. This is in order to minimise the risk of unintended poisonings and medication mix ups, and do their bit to protect the environment.
The Griffith research team includes chief investigator Professor Amanda Wheeler, from the university’s School of Human Services and Social work.
Researchers conducted
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