National Association of Counties
| This blog post is sponsored by NACo partner Deterra. Empower Your Community: Enhance Drug Disposal Programs with At-Home Deactivation & Disposal Solutions |
Now is a critical time for counties to engage their communities in the prevention of drug misuse. It’s an important topic year-round, but several upcoming milestones provide key rallying moments that counties can capitalize on to promote local prevention efforts:
Local government and public safety agencies can use these opportunities to encourage proper disposal of unwanted and expired medications to help prevent misuse, theft and overdoses. Plus, it’s a great chance to engage with your community through your social media channels and local media outlets. Check out our Outreach Toolkit for sample social media content, newsletter blurbs and media outreach templates.
The Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System, an at-home medication disposal system, can help extend the reach of disposal efforts by empowering community members to promptly dispose of unwanted drugs as soon as they are no longer needed. Deterra safely destroys prescription and over-the-counter medications as well as fentanyl and virtually all illicit drugs.
Mail drug deactivation and disposal pouches to local households. A bulk mailing of drug deactivation and disposal pouches is an impactful way to get these tools into the community and help households clean out their medicine cabinets. Plus, it’s cost-effective: the cost of mailing is offset by significant savings on the administrative costs involved in other distribution strategies.
As an evidence-based prevention solution, Deterra is an eligible expense for opioid settlement dollars and many federal and state grant opportunities. If your county has allocation plans in place for opioid settlement money, funds designated for prevention activities can support the purchase and distribution of Deterra. If your county is in the planning stage, the Deterra team can help you build at-home drug deactivation and disposal into your plans.
Use our updated funding directory to find additional funding options and download the newly expanded Deterra Grant Guide for practical grant-writing tips to help you add at-home drug deactivation and disposal to your prevention efforts.
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