Thank you, Madam Chair.
Again, welcome and thank you for coming here today.
On prescription drug abuse and misuse, one of the issues that we deal with and that I think should be addressed more strongly is the safe disposal of not only prescription drugs but prescription drugs in particular. Last Saturday I had a chance to attend the community event organized by the Peel Regional Police. It's a great day of fun where they show equipment and show the way they work. I always, when I have a chance, want to brag about the local police. It's a great police force. But one of the things they were doing was collecting unused prescription drugs. I don't know how much they collected. They did this last year as well. It's part of the initiative supported by the chiefs of police.
What advice would you have on how we can raise awareness? I think there are still too many people who think that you can just simply throw this in with your trash, or flush it down the toilet or down the sink. I know if you check different websites you can find instructions on which ones you can, which ones you cannot, but nobody reads this.
My simple question is this: should part of the labelling state how to safely dispose of it? This could be a simple “Don't throw it away with the trash”.
Perhaps you can expand on that and elaborate on it.