Officials want closer look at unused drug program

Sen. Claire Ayer, chair of Senate Health and Welfare. Photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDigger
State officials may get more time to assess a proposed program that would donate unused prescriptions to those in need.
The Senate on Friday gave preliminary approval to S.164, a bill that suggests creation of an “unused prescription drug repository program.”
The bill has changed since its introduction last month. Rather than saying the state “shall establish” a repository, the legislat