Drug donation programs take unopened, unexpired medications from health care facilities, private residents, pharmacies or prisons and re-dispense them to.
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On a recent November evening, Angie Phoenix waited at a pharmacy here in Colorado's second-largest city to pick up prescription drugs to treat her high blood pressure and arm seizures.
States and counties look to expand programs that accept donations of unused surplus drugs from places like nursing homes and hospitals and redistribute them to low-income and uninsured residents.
Drug donation programs take unopened, unexpired medications from health care facilities, private residents, pharmacies or prisons and re-dispense them to.