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Unused Medications Awareness Act

S. 2697 · 115th Congress · Apr 18, 2018 · Lineage

A BILL

To require the awareness campaign regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioids if such drugs are not taken as prescribed to include information about dispensing options.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Unused Medications Awareness Act”.

Sec. 2 Awareness campaigns

Section 102(b) of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–198) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2), by striking “; and” and inserting “;”;
(2)
in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(4) dispensing options under section 309(f) of the Controlled Substances Act, as applicable.”