prescriptions

Don't just flush old medicine down the toilet, get rid of it for free and help the environment.

With the cost of medications rising on a yearly basis, the lack of generic drugs available, and higher deductibles of many health insurance programs, more Americans are opting to purchase their prescribed medicines from other countries. And, it's legal.

The Superior Police Department in conjunction with the Douglas County Sheriff's Department and the City of Superior Department of Public Works Environmental Services Division have teamed up to give residents a way to properly dispose of their unused medications.

It's become so much of a standard that it's just assumed:  your doctor is at the receiving end of "leverage" from drug manufacturers to prescribe their medications.  And whether they receive pens and Sticky Notes with the pill's brand name on them or they receive a cash payment, the end result is that someone from the drug manufacturer has "marketed" those medications to your d