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Returning Unused and expired medications in | Pharmacists
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has a formal province-wide program for the disposal of household pharmaceutical waste. The Medication Disposal Program allows consumers to return pharmaceuticals to provincial community pharmacies for safe disposal. It is administrated by the Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS) with financial assistance from the pharmaceutical industries.
The program encourages the public to bring expired and unused pharmaceuticals back to their community pharmacies.