Mahalo
Palavras-chaves: Fármacos. Descarte Incorreto. Problemas socioeconômicos e ambientais. Políticas Públicas.
Abstract: In Brazil, every year, the drug market moves billions of dollars, and that mass production is responsible for incorrect disposal of medicines, which remain in the environment for long periods, causing serious socioeconomic and environmental risks. To avoid the occurrence of these problems through the casual disposal of drugs, people and governments must act together to solve this serious environmental problem by creating points for collection of drugs to be referred to the proper disposal, passing, thus be the responsibility of pharmacies and also the destination of these drugs. But only with the development of an effective law enforcement and to provide concrete alternatives to this problem that the proper disposal of medications may be a reality.
Keywords: Drugs. Incorrect disposal. Socioeconomic and environmental problems. Public Policy.
Sumário: 1. Introdução. 2. O Descarte de Medicamentos e os Problemas Socioeconômicos e Ambientais. 3. Legislações acerca da