In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Take Back Day, October 24, 2020, DisposeRx launched a series of virtual webinars designed to draw attention to states severely impacted by the opioid epidemic and now pandemic. We hosted our first webinar on October 21, 2020, and focused on the state of Ohio. The […]
DisposeRx Participates in Opioid Roundtable
On September 28, 2020, DisposeRx President William Simpson participated in an Opioid Roundtable in Concord, N.C., hosted by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Jim Carroll. Simpson was one of 14 people invited to discuss innovative ways that North Carolinians are combatting the opioid crisis, especially in […]
Tackling Opioid Addiction Campaign for 2019-2020 Concludes
While it was not the dramatic and exciting conclusion we anticipated, the Tackling Opioid Addiction Campaign is over for the 2019-2020 season. The Baltimore Ravens and Leidos—a large employer and government contractor based in Reston, Va., invited DisposeRx to participate in their opioid prevention campaign, which included handing out co-branded six-pack boxes of our packets […]
Community Outreach Partner’s Efforts Drive Message of “Contactless” Drug Disposal
We have talked with many of our 256 Community Outreach partners over the past few weeks and hear and understand the frustrations they express that some of their programs have slowed or temporarily stalled due to COVID-19. But what we have also heard is that this pandemic is no match for our dedicated partners and […]
The Elks and DisposeRx Team Up to Increase Drug Awareness Education in California
When the DisposeRx and Walmart partnership was announced in early 2018, Mike Cash took note. Then a couple of months later, when he picked up prescriptions at his local Walmart store in Orange County, Calif., Cash asked the pharmacist for a packet of DisposeRx and was handed several. Cash—who has been active in the Elks […]
